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Patel, N. (2019). Human rights-based approach to applied psychology. European Psychologist, 24(2), 113–124. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000371 Abstract This article addresses the nature and framework of human rights and its relevance to health care and to applied psychology. It outlines some of the limitations of human rights, but argues that human rights provide a toolContinue Reading

Söderström, K., Hagenaars, P., Wainwright, T., & Wagner, U. (2019). Human rights matter to psychology – Psychology matters to human rights [Editorial]. European Psychologist, 24(2), 99–101. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000365 Abstract “Human Rights are of crucial importance to everyone in the world, psychologists included”. With this statement the European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations (EFPA, 2013)Continue Reading

American Psychological Association, APA Task Force on Human Rights. (2021). Moving human rights to the forefront of psychology: The final report of the APA Task Force on Human Rights. https://www.apa.org/about/policy/report-human-rights.pdf   Introduction In July 2016, the American Psychological Association (APA) Board of Directors appointed a task force to advise theContinue Reading

Flores, R. L., & David, S. (Eds.). (2020). The Cambridge handbook of psychology and human rights. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108348607 Abstract Written by psychologists, historians, and lawyers, this handbook demonstrates the central role psychological science plays in addressing some of the world’s most pressing problems. Over 100 experts from aroundContinue Reading

Hagenaars, P., Plavšić, M., Sveaass, N., Wagner, U., & Wainwright, T. (Eds.). (2021). Human rights education for psychologists. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429283403   Abstract   This ground-breaking book is designed to raise awareness of human rights implications in psychology, and provide knowledge and tools enabling psychologists to put a human rights perspective intoContinue Reading