Press and Events:  Health and Human Rights

Latest Press

Announcement

January 25, 2024

O’Neill Institute’s Oscar A. Cabrera Named Hastings Center Fellow

Announcement

January 19, 2024

O’Neill Institute’s Health and Human Rights Initiative Submits Opinion to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Climate Emergency and Human Rights

Announcement

December 13, 2023

La Iniciativa Salud y Derechos Humanos del Instituto O’Neill presenta Amicus Curiae ante la Corte Constitucional del Ecuador a favor de la despenalización de la eutanasia

Announcement

December 13, 2023

O’Neill Institute’s Health and Human Rights Initiative Argues in Favor of Decriminalization of Euthanasia in Amicus Curiae Before the Constitutional Court of Ecuador

Statement

December 3, 2023

The O’Neill Institute’s Health and Human Rights Initiative’s Statement on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Announcement

November 27, 2023

La Iniciativa Salud y Derechos Humanos del Instituto O’Neill y el estudio de abogados Colombara Estrategia Legal exigen justicia al Estado de Chile a favor de la familia de Oscar Walter

Announcement

November 27, 2023

The O’Neill Institute’s Health and Human Rights Initiative and Colombara Legal Strategy Law Firm Demand Justice from the Chilean State on Behalf of the Family of Oscar Walter

In The News

August 9, 2023

Jueza de la SCJ afirma aplicación efectiva de la Agenda 2030 solo es posible con el acceso a la justicia de todas las personas

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

In The News

July 26, 2023

Casa Esperanza, los horrores de una institución tolerada por el Estado

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

Past Events

27Oct

Food, Nutrition and the Right to Health: Public Launch of the New Report from Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health

October 27, 20233:30 pm EDT

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