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Forthcoming
  • Bård A. Andreassen and Stephen P. Marks, eds. "Development as a Human Right: Legal, Political and Economic Dimensions." Harvard University Press; 2006. second edition, Intersentia. Forthcoming in 2009.
  • Bård A. Andreassen, Stephen P. Marks, and Arjun K. Sengupta, eds. "Poverty and Human Rights: Economic Perspectives." (UNESCO and OUP) Forthcoming in 2009.
  • Leaning J. "Health security for the 21st century: Conceptualisation in Medicine and Health Sciences." In: Brauch HG, ed. Globalization and Environmental Challenges: Reconceptualising Security in the 21st Century. Heidelberg: Elsevier. Forthcoming in 2009.
  • Marks SP, Mahal A. "Goals and Instruments of Poverty Reduction: Economic and Human Rights Perspectives on Human Rights and Development Strategies." Forthcoming in 2010.
  • Marks SP. "Human Welfare: The Norms and Process of Health and Human Rights." Forthcoming in 2011.
  • Marks SP. "Access to Essential Medicines as a Component of the Right to Health." In: Clapham A and Robinson M, eds. Realizing the Right to Health, (Volume III of the "Swiss Human Rights Book," Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs). Forthcoming.
  • Marks SP. "Human Rights and Development," In: Joseph S, ed. Research Handbook on International Human Rights Law. Edward Elgar publishers. Forthcoming.
  • Stephen P. Marks, ed. "Right to Health in Comparative Perspective". Forthcoming in 2009.
  • Stephen P. Marks, ed. "Health and Human Rights: Basic International Documents." Harvard Series on Health and Human Rights. Harvard University Press; 2004. Second (revised) edition, 2006. Third edition forthcoming.
  • Vidich C. "Germs at Bay: Politics, Public Health and Quarantine in Boston." Harvard University Press. Forthcoming in 2009.
2008
  • Babbitt E,  Steiner P. "Combining Empathy with Problem-Solving:The Tamra Model of Facilitation in Israel." In: Zelizer C and Rubenstein R, eds. Building Peace: Practical Reflections from the Field. Sterling: Kumarian Press; 2008.
  • Leaning J,  Heggenhouggen C. "Health and Human Security in the 21st Century." In International Encyclopedia of Public Health; September 2008.
  • Leaning J. "Disasters and Emergency Planning." In: K Heggenhougen K and Quah S, eds. The International Encyclopedia of Public Health. Elsevier; September 2008.
  • Leaning J. "Human Security and Conflict." In: Green M, ed. Risking Human Security: Attachment and Public Life. Karnac Books; Fall 2008.
  • Leaning J, Brauch H. "Health security for the 21st century: Conceptualisation in Medicine and Health Sciences," In Globalization and Environmental Challenges: Reconceptualising Security in the 21st Century; Spring 2008.
  • Marks, SP, Modrowski K. "Human Rights Cities: Civic Engagement for Societal Development, UN HABITAT and PDHRE." Sextant Publishing; 2008: 165.
  • Marks SP.  "Health, Development, and Human Rights," In: Gatti A and Boggio A, eds. Health and Development: The Role of International Actors. Palgrave Macmillan; 2008.
  • Stephen P. Marks, ed. "Implementing the Right to Development: The Role of International Law." Geneva: Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung and Program on Human Rights in Development of the Harvard School of Public Health; 2008: 149.

 

2007
  • Burkle FM Jr. "Refugees, Displaced populations and Health: Do infectious diseases matter?" In: Apostolopoulas Y, ed. Crossing Boundaries, Compounding Infections: Perspectives on Population, Migration, and Disease. Emory University and Kluwer Press; 2007
  • Burkle, FM Jr. "War, Refugees, Migration, and Public Health: Do infectious diseases matter?" in Population Mobility & Infectious Disease.  In: Apostolopoulos Y and Sommex S, eds. New York: Springer Publishers; 2007: 159-179.
  • Fink S. "Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict: A Decade of Promises." In: K. Cahill, ed. Humanitarian Action: Where Are We and Where Are We Going? New York: Fordham UP; 2007.

 

2006
  • Abusharaf R. "Female Circumcision: Multicultural Perspectives." Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press; 2006.
  • Abusharaf R. "Southern Sudanese: A Community in Exile". In: Magner L and Assal M, eds. Diasporas within and without Africa: Dynamism, Heterogenity, Variation. Uppsala: The Nordic Africa Institute; 2006: 140-165
  • Bhatt M, Pandya M, Reynolds T. "Taking Risk off the Backs of the Poor: Afat Vimo Disaster Insurance in Real Risk." Tudor Rose; 2006.
  • Bhatt M. "Institutionalizing disaster risk mitigation through community based initiatives." In: Kumar CR and Srivastava DK, eds. Tsunami and Disaster Management: Law and Governance. Hong Kong: Sweet and Maxwell Asia and City University of Hong Kong; 2006.
  • Burkle FM Jr, Greenough PG. "Complex Emergencies." In: Ciottone GR ed, Disaster Medicine. Harvard University and Mosby Publishers; 2006: 43-51
  • Burkle FM Jr, Greenough PG. "Measures of Effectiveness in Disaster Management." In: Ciottone GR, ed. Disaster Medicine. Harvard University and Mosby Publishers. 2006: 333-335.
  • Burkle FM. "Complex emergencies: Immediate considerations for response." In: Antosia RE and Cahill JD, eds. Handbook of Bioterrorism and Disaster Medicine. New York: Springer Publishers; 2006: 31-38.
  • Burkle FM Jr. "The Epidemiology of War and Conflict." In: Antosia RE and Cahill JD, eds. Handbook of Bioterrorism and Disaster Medicine. New York: Springer Publishers; 2006: 89-94.
  • Burkle FM Jr. "Triage." In: Antosia RE and Cahill JD, eds. Handbook of Bioterrorism and Disaster Medicine. New York: Springer Publishers; 2006: 11-18.
  • Chakrabarti Dhar and Mihir Bhatt, eds. "Micro-finance and Disaster Risk Reduction." New Delhi: Knowledge World; 2006.
  • de Waal A. "AIDS and Power: Why there is No Political Crisis Yet." African Arguments. New York: Zed Books; 2006.
  • de Waal A, Flint J. "Darfur: A Short History of a Long War." African Arguments. New York: Zed Books; 2006.
  • Greenough PG,  Burkle FM. "Practical Applications of Disaster Epidemiology." In: Ciottone GR, ed. Disaster Medicine. Harvard University and Mosby Publishers. 2006: 327-333.
  • Hanfling D, Llewellyn CH, Burkle FM. "International Disaster Response."In: Ciottone GR, ed. Disaster Medicine. Harvard University and Mosby Publishers; 2006: 102-108.
  • Macnow L,  Cranmer H. "Famine." Disaster Medicine. G. Ciottone, P. Anderson, et al., eds. St Louis: Mosby; 2006: 506-8

 

2005
  • Heffernan J, Leaning J, VanRooyen M, et al. "Assault on survival in Darfur: A call for security, justice, and restitution." Cambridge: Physicians for Human Rights; 2005.
  • Leaning J. "Genocide in Darfur." In: Apfel J and Fein H, eds. Casebook on Genocide. New York: Society of Genocide Scholars; 2005.

 

2004
  • Gingerich T, Leaning J. "The Use of Rape as a Weapon of War in the Conflict in Darfur, Sudan." Boston: United States Agency for International Development; 2004.
  • Physicians for Human Rights calls for intervention to save lives in Sudan: Field team compiles indicators of genocide. Boston: Physicians for Human Rights; 2004.