Press and Events:  Health and Human Rights

Latest Press

Announcement

July 28, 2023

Colombia Rules in Favor of Individuals Supported by the O’Neill Institute’s Health and Human Rights Initiative and PAIIS on Ethical Triage During Health Emergencies

Announcement

July 28, 2023

Un grupo de 26 personas mayores, con discapacidad y/o enfermedades crónicas, con el acompañamiento de la Iniciativa de Salud y Derechos Humanos del Instituto O’Neill y PAIIS, logró que la Corte Constitucional le ordenara al Ministerio de Salud regular los denominados “triajes éticos” durante las emergencias de salud en el país

Announcement

July 17, 2023

Members of the O’Neill Institute’s Health and Human Rights Initiative and Disability Rights International Argued before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights During the Merits Hearing of the “Casa Esperanza” Case

Announcement

July 17, 2023

Miembros de la Iniciativa de Salud y Derechos Humanos del Instituto O’Neill y Disability Rights International alegaron ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos durante la audiencia de fondo del caso “Casa Esperanza” (Members of the O’Neill Institute’s Health and Human Rights Initiative and Disability Rights International Argued before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights During the Merits Hearing of the “Casa Esperanza” Case)

In The News

May 30, 2023

A Closer Look at the Court Cases that Expanded Abortion Access in Mexico and Colombia

Announcement

May 15, 2023

Defending the Colombian Tax on Ultra-Processed Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Is a Human Rights Issue

Announcement

May 15, 2023

Defender el impuesto a las bebidas azucaradas ultraprocesadas en Colombia es una cuestión de derechos humanos (Defending the Colombian Tax on Ultra-Processed Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Is a Human Rights Issue)

Announcement

May 5, 2023

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Explore Partnerships with O’Neill Institute and Partners

Announcement

December 8, 2022

Announcing the Winner of the Global Center for Legal Innovation on Food Environments’ 2022 Student Writing Competition

Announcement

November 7, 2022

La Suprema Corte de Justicia tiene en sus manos una decisión clave para la salud pública y los derechos humanos en México (A Key Decision for Human Rights And Public Health in Mexico Is in the Hands of Its Supreme Court of Justice)

Announcement

November 7, 2022

A Key Decision for Human Rights And Public Health in Mexico Is in the Hands of Its Supreme Court of Justice

Announcement

February 16, 2022

Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos Publica Sentencia del Caso Vera Rojas y Otros vs. Chile (Inter-American Court of Human Rights Issues Decision in Vera Rojas and Others v. Chile)

Past Events

18Apr

Emerging Issues on the Right to Health: Perspectives from the African and Inter-American Commissions on Human Rights

April 18, 20231:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT

Georgetown University Law Center

29Mar

Defending Sexual and Reproductive Rights: Amici Curiae in Beatriz and Others vs. El Salvador

March 29, 202310:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT

30Jan

El derecho a la salud en la jurisprudencia mexicana, latinoamericana e internacional: lanzamiento de nuevo repositorio (The Right to Health in Mexican, Latin American, and International Jurisprudence: Launch of New Repository)

January 30, 202311:00 am EDT

17Nov

Law And Public Policy: The Regulation of Food Environments in Brazil

November 17, 20227:00 am – 4:30 pm EDT

08Aug

La propuesta de nueva constitución a la luz del derecho a la salud y los DESCA (The Proposed New Constitution in light of the Right to Health and ESCER)

August 8, 2022 – August 11, 2022

23May

Girona Evidence Week

May 23, 2022 – May 27, 2022

07Jun

El uso del derecho para promover y proteger los derechos sexuales y reproductivos en Centroamérica

June 7, 2022 – July 19, 2022

18Jul

The Good Lobby Summer Academy 2022

July 18, 2022 – July 21, 2022

13Dec

2021 Global Food Governance Conference

December 13, 2021 – December 15, 2021

22Oct

Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights During COVID-19: Launch of Tlaleng Mofokeng’s Report

October 22, 202110:00 am – 11:30 am EDT

16Jun

El Rol Regulatorio del Estado Respecto de la Industria de Bebidas Endulzadas y Ultra-Procesados (The Regulatory Role of Governments in Relation to the Food and Beverages Industries)

June 16, 20214:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT

25May

Lecciones de la Pandemia del COVID-19 Más Allá del Virus: Obligaciones del Estado Frente a la Alimentación Saludable (Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic Beyond the Virus: States’ Obligations in Relation to Healthy Diets)

May 25, 20214:00 pm – 5:30 pm EDT