Decolonizing health in Canada: A Manitoba first nation perspective by Rachel Eni, Wanda Phillips-Beck, Grace Kyoon Achan, Josée G. Lavoie, Kathi Avery Kinew, Alan Katz

“…Issues were consistent with those highlighted by international commissions on reconciliation, health, Indigenous rights and liberties. To those documents, these findings add ground upon which to build the transformative agenda. …”
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Responsabilidad del Estado en la protección de los bienes de las víctimas del conflicto armado en San Vicente del Caguán (Caquetá) by Esperanza Galvis Bonilla

“…Abstract The constitutional mandate, expresses “that republican authorities are instituted to protect all resident in Colombia, in their life, honor, goods, beliefs and the rest of the rights and liberties, and to secure the State ends’ fulfillment” (Political Constitution’s article 2), allows us to deduct the State responsibility in the patrimonial rights violations’ different dynamics of the armed internal conflict in the country, specifically in the San Vicente del Caguán town, Caquetá The limitations, suffering and sacrifices imposed upon the Caquetá inhabitants by the Distension Zone, constituted a public load to them, due to the higher State interest, in order to carry out some deals toward achieving peace, a superior value in our political order. …”
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The extension of liberalism beyond domestic boundaries : three problem cases by Brown, Rachel (Rachel M.), 1970-

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Afterword – China: Pandemic and Repression, Biopower and Governmentality by Emile Kok-Kheng Yeoh

“…It is thus opportune that China’s “mask diplomacy” and the PRC-Taiwan diplomatic tussle in general form the targets of investigation of the first two papers of this journal issue, and further to the focus on the cross-Strait relations in this issue’s beginning section on diplomacy and international relations is a commentary proposing a Taiwan response to political repression in Hong Kong – a central CCP one-party State action through an oppressive national security law for the special administrative region being enforced in earnest by a subservient SAR Chief Executive and her government after the recent pro-democracy fansongzhong (反送中, “anti-extradition-to-China”) protests that rocked the territory, a tumultuous and momentous event covered in detail by the last special focus issue of this journal, For rights and liberty: The anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill (anti-ELAB) protest movement and Hong Kong’s struggle for democracy. …”
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Law and Theology in the Western Legal Tradition by John Witte Jr.

“…Also, important today are the enumerated rights and liberties set out in national and international declarations, covenants, charters, concordats, constitutions, and statutes. …”
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Route of the Olympic flame: Beijing as a guardian of the antique cult of the European nations by Malešević Miroslava

“…China's lack of democracy, human rights and liberties and position of minorities have provoked a harsh criticism among the Western countries, reflected at the time when China was granted Olympic games for 2008. …”
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Perception and Attitude towards Passive Euthanasia among Doctors in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Northeast India: A Cross-sectional Study by RS Devandiran, Akoijam Brogen Singh, Pukhrambam Romola, Chibi Rushitha

“…Euthanasia has been debated around the world for more than half a century and it continues to raise important questions in medical ethics, moral theology, civil rights and liberty. Physicians’ attitudes to life and death emerge to relate their end-of-life decision-making, although usually carried out at the request of ailing person. …”
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Domestication of Mobile Phone in Family Life: A Grounded-Theory Study in Isfahan City by Elaheh Shabani Afarani, Masoud Kianpour, Soheila Sadeghi Fasae

“…On the other hand, others were afraid that mobile phone culture may limit their individual rights and liberties. For example, some respondents found it unpleasant that family members can contact them anytime and anywhere when they are not at home. …”
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Leveraging Law as the Principal Instrument of Public Health Policy by Donna Hanrahan

“…According to the principle of proportionality, the least restrictive means should be exercised so as not to unduly compromise the rights and liberties of an individual. While persuasive measures, such as public health campaigns, are certainly less restrictive, it is difficult to demonstrate efficacy or cost-effectiveness compared to coercive measures. …”
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Why Jesuit Universities Should Provide Contraception by Sweta Bhoopatiraju

“…They identified women’s rights as human rights and stressed the importance of rights to easy access to contraception, access to health care and education, and rights to liberty and foundation of families (Cook 1993). …”
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Conscientious Objection Based on Patient Identity by John Dinelli

“… Photo by Cecilie Johnsen on Unsplash INTRODUCTION Across the country, states are enacting legislation that curtails LGBTQ+ rights and liberties.[1] In March 2021, Arkansas enacted Senate Bill 289, titled the Medical Ethics and Diversity Act (the “Act”).[2] The Act permits medical practitioners, healthcare institutions, and insurance companies to refuse to treat, or, in the case of insurance companies, to cover, a non-critically ill person if treating the individual violates their religious or personal beliefs. …”
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Conscientious Objection Based on Patient Identity by John Dinelli

“… Photo by Cecilie Johnsen on Unsplash INTRODUCTION Across the country, states are enacting legislation that curtails LGBTQ+ rights and liberties.[1] In March 2021, Arkansas enacted Senate Bill 289, titled the Medical Ethics and Diversity Act (the “Act”).[2] The Act permits medical practitioners, healthcare institutions, and insurance companies to refuse to treat, or, in the case of insurance companies, to cover, a non-critically ill person if treating the individual violates their religious or personal beliefs. …”
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A New Year, A New Perspective by Pranav Aurora, Tristan Jones

“…Reframing the National Dialogue on Gun Violence Traditional ethical arguments on gun violence have centered on whether or not private ownership of firearms is a fundamental right. Fundamental rights are liberties that protect “fundamental interests” necessary for human flourishing and living a good life.[20] Support for the fundamental nature of the right to bear arms follows the rationale that we have a fundamental interest in self-defense and that guns are the best means to protect this interest.[21] Conversely, others argue that unrestricted access to guns is not necessary for self-defense. [22] The non-fundamental interpretation of the right to bear arms ranges in support for moderate regulation on gun ownership to the abolishment of firearms entirely.[20] However, framing the dialogue based on the moral standing of gun ownership is intensely polarizing and damaging to efforts to mitigate firearm-related injuries and deaths. …”
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Vigilante grocers by Anne Zimmerman

“…Temperature screening should be accepted within a rights-driven, liberty-oriented society because it is a reasonable safety measure that creates the possibility of cautiously reopening many stores and public spaces. …”
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Social Isolation of Older Adults in Long Term Care as a Result of COVID-19 Mitigation Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Cathy Purvis Lively

“…Massachusetts provides a framework for balancing individual liberty rights and the public good during a pandemic.[17] Jacobson clarified an essential point of law - the rights and liberties secured by the US Constitution are not absolute.[18] Faced with a pandemic, a community has the right to protect members of the community.[19] Jacobson outlines four standards for imposing public health mandates during a pandemic. …”
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