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Institute for Universal Rights, Health & Justice!
Institute
: a place to advance the study and work of a particular subject.
for
Universal
: including or covering all or a whole without limit or exception.
Rights
: qualities that together merit ethical, social, or legal approval.
Health
: the condition of being sound in body, mind, or spirit.
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Justice
: the maintenance or administration of what is morally upright or good.
Our goal is to build and support a workforce equipped to advance human and nonhuman rights, health, and justice in our more-than-human world.
Objectives
- Empower the next generation of leaders with knowledge of the links between human and nonhuman rights, health, and justice.
- Support educational and research endeavors that promote inclusive social, economic, and legal frameworks and expand health and justice for all.
- Improve cross-sectoral collaboration among health, legal, and other professionals to advance universal determinants of health, including the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Activities
Classes, Workshops, and Conferences
Leadership Training and Fellowships
Digital and Print Publications
Institute Candidates
- Graduate students in medicine, law, business, and other fields
- Postgraduates, including postdoctoral candidates and residents
- Early career professionals in healthcare, law, public policy, and other sectors
- Anyone curious about advancing universal rights, health, and justice in:
- Policy platforms
- Corporate policies and practices
- Government agencies
- Economic schemes
- International treaties
- Everyday life
Why Now?
Interest in universal rights, health, and justice is growing. As a relatively new area of work and study, the field deserves a formal institute that can serve as a home for students, scholars, and practitioners who are genuinely dedicated to improving our more-than-human world.
Interested in Learning More?
One Rights: Human and Animal Rights in the Anthropocene
Saskia Stucki
This open access (free) book provides an in-depth discussion of the convergence of human and nonhuman rights, and it develops the novel One Rights approach as a companion to One Health.
Expanding Beyond the Human in Public Engagement
Zahra Ebrahim
In Open Global Rights, this essay makes an argument for including the more-than-human world in the community of rights holders—for the benefit of human and nonhuman beings.
Ecological Justice and the Right to Health
Hope Ferdowsian
This editorial provides an introduction to an open access issue of Health and Human Rights Journal in which multiple authors explore connections between human and nonhuman rights, health, and justice.
Rights of Human and Nonhuman Animals: Complementing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Anne Peters
This paper argues that the objectives of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights would be furthered if the United Nations or other international bodies engaged in work on a universal rights declaration for nonhuman beings.
More than Human Rights: What Can We Learn from Trees, Animals, and Fungi?
César Rodríguez-Garavito
This essay describes how an “ecological turn” offers some of the most promising responses to the shortcomings of human rights concepts and practice.
Phoenix Zones: Where Strength Is Born and Resilience Lives
Hope Ferdowsian
This book combines compelling stories with the latest science on suffering and resilience to elucidate the links between violence against human and nonhuman beings and the biological foundations of recovery, peace, and hope. It describes the logical connections between rights, health, and justice.
This list of resources will be updated regularly. If you have suggestions for related reading materials, send a message to operations@phoenixzonesinitiative.org.
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