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09.04.19
The Framework Convention on Global Health: An Empowering International Instrument to Advance the Right to Health
By Eric A. Friedman | Leave a Comment
We often look to how the Framework Convention on Global Health (FCGH) would empower people, enhancing meaningful participation and government accountability to the right to health, with an emphasis on people who now have the least voice and to whom governments are least accountable. Such empowerment is central to the FCGH. Here, I focus on […]
Posted in Global Health, Health and Human Rights, Human Rights, Legal Issues, WHO ; Tagged: accountability, equity, fcgh, Framework Convention on Global Health, human rights, ministries of health, participation, quality health care, right to health, universal health coverage.
08.21.19
Human Duties, Populism and Hope for Global Health
By Andrés Constantin | Leave a Comment
This post was written by Ana Isabel Fernández Alonso and Andrés Constantin « All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights (…) » Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the “ABC” of activists and scholars in the field and a statement used in countless speeches to address unity among […]
Posted in Global Health, Health and Human Rights, Human Rights ; Tagged: #duties, #globalhealth, #populism, human rights.
08.13.19
Proposing an international fund for migrant and refugee health
By Eric A. Friedman | Leave a Comment
Few groups of people face less welcome in the world today than migrants forced from their homes, whether by conflict, persecution, violence, poverty, climate change or other environmental degradation, or hopelessness – or often, a mix of these factors. They seek basic safety, freedom, and opportunity – what all of us have a right to, yet […]
Posted in Global Health, Global Health Governance, Health and Human Rights, Human Rights, Legal Issues, uncategorized ; Tagged: immigrants, international fund, migrants, non-discrimination, refugees, right to health.
08.12.19
Global Health and Digital Rights: a Discussion on Human Rights
By Laura Norato | Leave a Comment
The discussion about digital rights has been mainly centered on civil and political rights. Nevertheless, the emergence of social networks, communication platforms and connected devices, the appearance of new technologies and digital services directed to the most vulnerable populations information, and the existence of daily-updated algorithms that can predict choices based on data collected over […]
Posted in Global Health, Health and Human Rights, Human Rights, Legal Issues, uncategorized ;
06.24.19
The judicialization of health goes beyond healthcare
By Isabel Barbosa | Leave a Comment
Image courtesy of Mancia.org For a long time, the debate about the judicialization of health has focused on access to healthcare — such as access to medication and/or surgeries. Year after year, as lawsuits piled up, courts have debated whether the right to health means that individuals are entitled to certain treatments. Scholars have also […]
Posted in Health and Human Rights, Healthcare, Human Rights ;
05.20.19
Today’s Worst International Crimes and How You Can Respond: Part I
By Eric A. Friedman | Leave a Comment
The gravest of crimes – crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide itself. Ongoing, perpetrators not held accountable, victims still in desperate need, U.S. complicity, indifference. All continue a long and tragic situation of too little action for crimes that are often too large to truly fathom. All demand that we speak up. And from the […]
Posted in Health and Human Rights, Human Rights, uncategorized ; Tagged: China, concentration camps, crimes against humanity, detention camps, human rights, persecution, Uighurs, Xinjiang.
05.07.19
Health and safety at workplaces: an opportunity for a joint effort
By Laura Norato | Leave a Comment
Last April 29 was the first official world day for safety and health at work. The International Labor Organization inspired by its centenary anniversary, attempted, with the establishment of this date, to reaffirm the importance of a healthier workforce as a prerequisite for a brighter future of work and a more sustainable development. It was […]
Posted in Global Health, Global Health Governance, Health and Human Rights, Legal Issues, WHO ; Tagged: Health and safety at workplaces, ILO, WHO.
04.24.19
The possibility of 1 day in jail guarantees legal representation. The possibility of death does not.
By Eric A. Friedman | Leave a Comment
Under the U.S. Constitution’s 6th and 14th Amendments, and as interpreted over the years by the Supreme Court, a person has the right to an attorney if it is possible that they could be sentenced to even a single day in prison. So you would think if a court case could lead, in effect, to […]
Posted in Health and Human Rights, Human Rights ; Tagged: asylum seekers, Central America, due process, human rights, immigrants, legal representation, Mexico, migrants, right to an attorney, right to health.
04.22.19
Making gender equity in the health workforce a priority
By Laura Norato | Leave a Comment
While gender issues have been at the top of the global agenda, there are few comprehensive studies on gender in the health and social workforce at the global level. The WHO had recently released a study in 104 countries that found that seven out of ten health and social workers are women, and unpaid care […]
Posted in Global Health, Global Health Governance, Health and Human Rights, Human Rights, WHO ;
04.07.19
Submission of an amicus brief to the Inter-American Court in the case of Indigenous Communities belonging to the Lhaka Honhat Association v. Argentina
By Andrés Constantin | Leave a Comment
The O’Neill Institute jointly with various organizations submitted an amicus curiae to the Inter-American Court in the case of Indigenous Communities belonging to the Lhaka Honhat Association v. Argentina.The document addresses international standards and comparative jurisprudence on demarcation of indigenous territories and Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights. On March 29, 2019 the Foundation for […]
Posted in Health and Human Rights, Human Rights ;
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