Publications - O'Neill : O'Neill

Submission to Court

March 31, 2025

Amicus Curiae Arguição de Descumprimento de Preceito Fundamental 989

Submission to Court

March 31, 2025

Amicus Curiae ante la Corte Constitucional de Ecuador dentro de la acción pública de inconstitucionalidad Nro. 41-22-IN

Report

February 26, 2025

2024 Annual Report: Center for Health and Human Rights

Op-Ed

February 10, 2025

Which Way Forward? Addressing Harmful Practices in Maternity Care

Submission to International Body

February 10, 2025

Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (General Recommendation No. 41 on the impact of gender stereotypes on the enjoyment of the rights enshrined in the Convention)

Submission to Court

January 27, 2025

Amicus Curiae ante la Corte Constitucional de Ecuador dentro de la acción pública de inconstitucionalidad Nro. 22-24_IN

Op-Ed

August 22, 2024

Cuando no retroceder es avanzar en la protección del derecho a la salud

White Paper

August 20, 2024

Scientific causation in populational health cases: an alternative for non-communicable diseases

Journal Article

August 7, 2024

Caribbean Law Review Special Issue on Unhealthy Food, Alcohol, Tobacco and the Law

White Paper

August 1, 2024

The concept of damage in tort law: a needed update for cases regarding non-communicable diseases and unhealthy foods and beverages

Op-Ed

July 21, 2024

La Continuidad en El Patrocinio de Coca-Cola a Los Juegos Olímpicos Es Malo Para La Salud de Todas Las Personas

Op-Ed

July 21, 2024

Coca-Cola’s Ongoing Olympic Sponsorship Is Bad for Everyone’s Health

Op-Ed

July 18, 2024

Derecho a la salud y al aborto: Puebla se une a la Marea Verde

Op-Ed

April 17, 2024

Imposto seletivo, alimentação e saúde pública

Submission to International Body

April 12, 2024

Insumo para el Informe del ACNUDH sobre cuidados y apoyo desde una perspectiva de derechos humanos

Book

April 9, 2024

La objeción de conciencia en el área de la salud en América Latina

Op-Ed

April 8, 2024

¿Qué tiene para decir el derecho a la salud?

Submission to International Body

March 30, 2024

Contributions for the First Draft Joint General Comment / Recommendation on Obligations of State Parties on public policies for addressing and eradicating xenophobia and its impact on the rights of migrants, their families, and other non-citizens affected by racial discrimination

Report

March 18, 2024

Public Health Decision-Making in CARICOM: Strengthening the Front-of-Package Nutrition Labelling Standardisation Programme

Op-Ed

March 13, 2024

Lecciones del Caso Paola Roldán en el Debate sobre Eutanasia y Derechos Humanos

Op-Ed

March 8, 2024

La Corte IDH contribuye a la desnormalización de la violencia obstétrica

Submission to International Body

January 30, 2024

Input for the Special Rapporteur’s Report on Sex Work and Violence Against Women and Girls

Op-Ed

January 29, 2024

Muerte digna y derechos humanos: el caso de Paola Roldán en Ecuador

Submission to Court

December 18, 2023

Written Opinion to the Request for an Advisory Opinion on the Climate Emergency and Human Rights

Report

December 15, 2023

Health and Human Rights Initiative Report – November 2023

Op-Ed

December 11, 2023

Miss Nepal

Submission to Court

December 7, 2023

Amicus Curiae ante la Corte Constitucional del Ecuador a favor de la despenalización de la eutanasia

Journal Article

December 6, 2023

Assisted Regulation: Argentine Courts Address Regulatory Gaps on Surrogacy

Op-Ed

November 24, 2023

Sobre la inconstitucionalidad de usar la discapacidad y la edad como criterios para los triajes éticos

Submission to Court

October 31, 2023

Intervención ante la Corte Constitucional de Colombia sobre la gestación por sustitución (Submission to the Colombian Constitutional Court on Surrogacy)

Fact Sheet

October 30, 2023

Brief on the Report, “Noncommunicable diseases and human rights in the Americas,” Issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Fact Sheet

October 30, 2023

Brief on the Report, “Food, nutrition and the right to health,” Issued by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng

Op-Ed

October 26, 2023

La Corte Constitucional Falla a Favor de la Salud Al Respaldar: Los Impuestos a Las Bebidas Azucaradas Ultraprocesadas

Op-Ed

October 3, 2023

Is It Time to Rethink Regulations on Ultra-Processed Foods?

Op-Ed

September 27, 2023

Nueva Constitución y derecho a la salud

Submission to International Body

September 19, 2023

Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Comments to the First Draft General Recommendation No. 37 (2023) on Racial discrimination in the enjoyment of the right to health.

Submission to Court

July 14, 2023

Amicus Curiae. Proceso de tutela en revisión con número de expediente T9169919 en contra de CONFAGUAJIRA EPS. Corte Constitucional de Colombia

Legal Case

July 14, 2023

Amicus Curiae. Proceso de tutela en revisión con número de expediente T9169919 en contra de CONFAGUAJIRA EPS. Corte Constitucional de Colombia

Legal Case

July 14, 2023

Audiencia Pública (Public Hearing) – Caso Casa Esperanza

Legal Case

July 4, 2023

Sentencia T-237 de 2023 (T-237 Decision) – Caso UCIs

Submission to International Body

July 2, 2023

Response to Human Rights Council Advisory Committee questionnaire on “neurotechnology and human rights”

Submission to Court

May 9, 2023

Amicus Brief – Caso Pueblo U’Wa y sus Miembros (Corte IDH / IACtHR)

Legal Case

May 9, 2023

Amicus para la Corte Constitucional Colombiana en defensa del impuesto a las bebidas ultraprocesadas azucaradas (Amicus Brief for the Colombian Constitutional Court in Defense of the Tax on Ultra-Processed Sugar-Sweetened Beverages)

Submission to Court

April 5, 2023

Amicus Curiae ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos Caso Beatriz y otros vs. El Salvador

Report

February 7, 2023

Special Edition on Non-Communicable Diseases

Legal Case

February 2, 2023

Amicus Brief Submitted in the Barrilitos Case on Front-of-Package Nutrition Labeling in Mexico – Amparo en Revisión 358/2022

Report

February 1, 2023

NCD Prevention and Control in the Caribbean: Essential Considerations for Equity-Based and Rights-Based Approaches

Legal Case

February 1, 2023

Amicus Brief Submitted in the Herdez Case on Front-of-Package Nutrition Labeling in Mexico – Amparo en Revisión 465/2022

Legal Case

February 1, 2023

Amicus Brief Submitted in the Santa Clara Case on Front-of-Package Nutrition Labeling in Mexico – Amparo en Revisión 227/2022

Book, Chapter

November 29, 2022

Una aproximación al modelo de autonomía con apoyos para la toma de decisiones en salud sexual y reproductiva de las personas con discapacidad (An approximation of the autonomy model with supports for decision-making on matters of sexual and reproductive rights of persons with disabilities)

Book, Chapter

November 29, 2022

Los derechos sexuales y reproductivos en la jurisprudencia de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Sexual and reproductive rights in the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights)

Book

November 29, 2022

Los derechos sexuales y reproductivos y el poder judicial en América Latina (Sexual and Reproductive Rights and the Judiciary in Latin America)

Submission to Court

October 26, 2022

Amicus Curiae. Proceso D0014865, referente a demanda de inconstitucionalidad de la Ley 599 de 2000 en sus artículos 108, 118, 122, 123 y 125. Corte Constitucional de Colombia.

Submission to International Body

October 10, 2022

Peritaje rendido por Oscar A. Cabrera. Caso Comunidad de La Oroya vs. Perú. Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos

Book

September 22, 2022

International Human Rights Law and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Lessons from Africa and Beyond

Submission to Court

September 20, 2022

Amicus Curiae. Caso Honduras. Recurso de Inconstitucionalidad SC0-0329-2021. Corte Suprema de Justicia de Honduras.

Journal Article

September 8, 2022

Direito E Políticas Públicas: A Regulação Dos Ambientes Alimentares No Brasil (Law and Public Policy: the Regulation of Food Environments in Brazil)

Journal Article

September 8, 2022

Caricom’s Efforts To Tackle Unhealthy Diets: A Cautionary Tale for Latin America

Journal Article

September 8, 2022

Direito E Políticas Públicas: A Regulação Dos Ambientes Alimentares No Brasil (Law and Public Policy: the Regulation of Food Environments in Brazil)

Submission to International Body

September 5, 2022

Discriminación contra personas con discapacidad en el acceso a bienes y servicios de salud en el contexto de emergencias de salud pública (Submission on discrimination against persons with disabilities in access to health services in the context of a public health emergency) (CIDH / IACHR)

Chapter

September 5, 2022

Beyond Tobacco: Lessons on Non-Communicable Diseases from the Inter-American Human Rights System

Chapter

September 5, 2022

The David and Goliath Tale of Uruguay’s Tobacco Control Measures: Lessons for the Region and Beyond

Submission to International Body

August 29, 2022

Insumos para el sexto informe periódico de El Salvador. Comité de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales.

Journal Article

July 27, 2022

Public Health Protection vs. Freedom of Commercial Expression in the Commonwealth Caribbean: The Case of Barbados and Jamaica

Journal Article

July 27, 2022

Right to Commercial Speech in India: Construing Constitutional Provisions Harmoniously in Favor of Public Health

Journal Article

July 27, 2022

Restricting Unhealthy Food and Beverage Advertising in Brazil: Challenges and Opportunities

Journal Article

July 27, 2022

Balancing the Scales: The Role of the Canadian Supreme Court in Weighing Commercial Speech and Public Health

Journal Article

July 27, 2022

Commercial Speech and the Prohibition of Tobacco Advertising: The Colombian Constitutional Court Approach

Journal Article

July 27, 2022

The Influence of the Commercial Speech Doctrine on the Development of Tobacco Control Measures

Journal Article

July 27, 2022

Commercial Speech and Unhealthy Food Products: Conceptual Foundations

Journal Article

July 27, 2022

INTRODUCTION: Commercial Speech and the Commercial Determinants of Health

Journal Article

July 27, 2022

Commercial Speech and Commercial Determinants of Health

Book

June 1, 2022

Aborto legal en los tribunales. Las narrativas jurídicas en las demandas contra la ley de interrupción voluntaria del embarazo en la Argentina.

Submission to International Body

June 1, 2022

Submission to the World Health Organization on the “WHO Guidelines on Policies to Protect Children from the Harmful Impact of Food Marketing”

Journal Article

June 1, 2022

A Regulação dos Ambientes Alimentares no Brasil (The Regulation of Food Environments in Brazil)

Submission to Court

May 18, 2022

Amicus Curiae. Caso Revisión de la Resolución 241/2021 de la Acción de Amparo Constitucional. Tribunal Constitucional Plurinacional de Bolivia.

Submission to Court

April 18, 2022

Intervención en el proceso de tutela T-8.496.718, correspondiente a la acción de tutela interpuesta por MARTHA LIRIA SEPÚLVEDA en contra INCODOL Y OTROS (Amicus Brief in proceeding T-8.496.718)

Fact Sheet

January 1, 2022

¿Qué pasaría si se aprobarán todos los derechos sexuales y reproductivos? Parte 5 – Material de comms.

Fact Sheet

January 1, 2022

¿Qué pasaría si se aprobarán todos los derechos sexuales y reproductivos? Parte 4 – Material de comms.

Fact Sheet

January 1, 2022

¿Qué pasaría si se aprobarán todos los derechos sexuales y reproductivos? Parte 3 – Material de comms.

Fact Sheet

January 1, 2022

¿Qué pasaría si se aprobarán todos los derechos sexuales y reproductivos? Parte 2 – Material de comms.

Fact Sheet

January 1, 2022

¿Qué pasaría si se aprobarán todos los derechos sexuales y reproductivos? Material de comms.

Fact Sheet

January 1, 2022

Seminarios de autor – Ciclo de familias y cuidados

Fact Sheet

January 1, 2022

Constitucionalización de la familia y la diversidad familiar

Fact Sheet

January 1, 2022

Derecho al cuidado

Op-Ed

December 10, 2021

Stopping the For-Profit Pandemic

Op-Ed

November 30, 2021

OPINION: Is a WHO pandemic treaty set to fail?

Legal Case

October 1, 2021

Case of Vera Rojas et al v. Chile

Legal Case

October 1, 2021

Caso Vera Rojas y Otros vs. Chile

Op-Ed

September 30, 2021

La Ruptura del Diálogo entre la Ciencia y el Derecho: El Caso del Etiquetado Frontal en Colombia

Journal Article

July 28, 2021

A human rights-based approach to non-communicable diseases: mandating front-of-package warning labels

Submission to Court

July 16, 2021

Amicus Brief Submitted in the Red PaPaz Case on Front-of-Package Nutrition Labeling in Colombia

Fact Sheet

July 1, 2021

Derecho a la salud en la nueva constitución de Chile

Submission to Court

June 28, 2021

Amicus Curiae. Caso Chiapas. Amparo en Revisión 1325/2018. Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación de México

Journal Article

June 20, 2021

Los determinantes sociales de la salud : más allá del derecho a la salud (The Social Determinants of Health: Beyond the Right to Health)

Op-Ed

June 11, 2021

Front-of-package warning labels – CARICOM can either follow science or protect private interests

Submission to Government

May 19, 2021

Submission on the Bill on Front-of-Package Nutrition Labeling in Colombia – PL 347/2020 Senado and 167/2019 Cámara

Submission to Court

April 8, 2021

Amicus Curiae. Caso Acción de Inconstitucionalidad. Corte Constitucional de Ecuador

Submission to Court

March 5, 2021

Peritaje rendido por Oscar A. Cabrera. Caso Manuela vs. El Salvador. Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos

Legal Case

March 5, 2021

Alegatos finales de las representantes (Final Written Arguments) – Caso Vera Rojas vs. Chile

Legal Case

February 1, 2021

Audiencia Pública (Public Hearing) – Caso Vera Rojas vs. Chile

Journal Article

January 6, 2021

State Obligations in the Context of Unhealthy Diets: Paving the Way Within the Inter-American Human Rights System

Chapter

December 10, 2020

International Human Rights and Childhood Obesity Prevention

Op-Ed

December 3, 2020

Publicidad Engañosa de Bebidas Ultra-procesadas: Postobón, Importante Empresa en Colombia, Fue Sancionada en una Decisión Histórica (Misleading Advertising of Ultra-processed Beverages: Postobón, a Major Corporation in Colombia, Sanctioned in a Landmark Decision)

Book

December 1, 2020

¿Cómo debe incorporar una nueva constitución el derecho a la salud? Chile.

Op-Ed

November 16, 2020

Public health prevention should be at the center of global health

Submission to Court

October 26, 2020

Amicus Brief – Caso Arroyo Bruno (Colombia)

Report

October 14, 2020

Etiquetado Frontal de Advertencia: Cumplimiento con Obligaciones de Derechos Humanos (Front-of-Package Warning Labeling: Compliance with Human Rights Obligations)

Submission to Government

August 26, 2020

Submission on the Draft Resolution on Front-of-Package Nutrition Labeling in Colombia

Chapter

August 14, 2020

Tobacco Control in the Inter-American Human Rights System

Submission to Court

August 3, 2020

Amicus Curiae. Caso Objeción de Conciencia. Acción de Inconstitucionalidad 54/2018. Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación de México.

Journal Article

June 2, 2020

State Obligations in the Context of Unhealthy Diets: Paving the Way within the Inter-American Human Rights System

Journal Article

June 1, 2020

Obligaciones estatales en el contexto de dietas no saludables

Report

March 27, 2020

Etiquetado Frontal de Advertencia en Productos Comestibles (Front-of-Package Warning Labeling on Edible Products)

Submission to Court

February 12, 2020

Amicus Curiae. Caso Paola Guzman Albarracín vs. Ecuador. Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos

Legal Case

February 3, 2020

Escrito de Solicitudes, Argumentos y Pruebas (Brief Containing Pleadings, Motions, and Evidence) – Caso Vera Rojas vs. Chile

Report

January 15, 2020

Unhealthy Diets in the CARICOM: The Role of the Caribbean Court of Justice

Submission to Court

March 29, 2019

Amicus Brief – Lhaka Honhat vs. Argentina (Corte IDH / IACtHR)

Legal Case

March 29, 2019

Amicus Curiae: Estándares internacionales y jurisprudencia comparada sobre demarcación de territorios indígenas y Derechos Económicos, Sociales, Culturales y Ambientales

Journal Article

October 14, 2018

Muerte o Cárcel: Persecución y Sanción por Aborto (Death or Jail: Persecution and Punishment for Abortion)

Journal Article

May 30, 2018

Big Food and Soda Versus Public Health: Industry Litigation Against Local Government Regulations to Promote Healthy Diets

Journal Article

June 9, 2017

The Untapped Power of Soda Taxes: Incentivizing Consumers, Generating Revenue, and Altering Corporate Behavior

Journal Article

November 22, 2016

Trade, Investment, and Tobacco

Journal Article

June 18, 2016

Guía de Incidencia Para la Promoción y Defensa del Derecho al Aborto Legal y Seguro en Latinoamérica y el Caribe (Advocacy Guide for the Promotion and Defense of the Right to Legal and Safe Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean)

Report

June 15, 2016

Vidas Robadas: Un Estudio Multipaís Sobre los Efectos en la Salud de las Maternidades Forzadas en Niñas de 9–14 Años (Stolen Lives: A Multi-country Study of the Health Effects of Forced Maternity in Girls Aged 9-14)

Chapter

June 9, 2013

Global Tobacco Control: A Vital Component of the Right to Health

Journal Article

April 12, 2013

Tobacco Control Litigation: Broader Impacts on Health Rights Adjudication

Report

June 9, 2012

A Guide to Tobacco-Related Shadow Reporting Before United Nations Human Rights Bodies

Journal Article

June 9, 2012

Bridging International Law and Rights-based Litigation: Mapping Health-related Rights through the Development of the Global Health and Human Rights Database

Report

February 14, 2012

Tobacco Industry Strategy in Latin American Courts: A Litigation Guide (Spanish Version)

Report

February 14, 2012

Tobacco Industry Strategy in Latin American Courts: A Litigation Guide (English Version)

Report

February 9, 2012

Estrategia de la Industria del Tabaco en el Ámbito Judicial Latinoamericano

Journal Article

October 9, 2011

The Politics of Reproductive Health Rights in Uruguay: Why the Presidential Veto to the Right to Abortion is Illegitimate

Journal Article

September 20, 2011

Human Rights and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Mutually Reinforcing Systems

Journal Article

April 9, 2011

Los Derechos Reproductivos: Un Debate Necesario

Report

June 9, 2010

El Veto Del Ejecutivo Uruguayo a la Despenalizacion del Aborto: Deconstruyendo sus Fundamentos

Journal Article

June 9, 2010

Human Rights as a Tool for Tobacco Control in Latin America

Journal Article

June 9, 2009

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