Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics   |  June 9, 2025

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This special tribute published in the Journal of Law, Medicine, & Ethicsfurther memorializes Larry’s incomparable legacy.  Of particular note are the generations of scholars that essentially testify to how Larry’s lens and framework expanded their own thinking on matters of global health and the environment, reproductive health, racial justice, and more.  This brilliant special issue is further complemented by beautiful commentaries written by Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the former Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark, and others

Symposium Articles

Reflection on the Legacy of Lawrence Gostin in Global Health

Anthony S. Fauci

Introduction: Ten Years of Global Health Law

Benjamin Mason Meier, Michele Bratcher Goodwin, Katie Gottschalk

Reflections on Global Health Governance

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Global Health Governance: The System We Inherited and the Need for an Equitable Decolonized Global Health Governance System

Sarah L. Bosha, Alison Durran, Sam Halabi

Reflections on Global Health Law Education

Danwood M. Chirwa

Global Health Law: Between Hard and Soft Law

Benjamin Mason Meier, Alexandra Finch, Roojin Habibi

Reflections on Health and Human Rights

Tlaleng Mofokeng

Global Health “With Justice”: The Challenges and Opportunities for Human Rights in Global Health Law

Lisa Forman, Safura Abdool Karim, Omowamiwa Kolawole

Law and Global Governance of Infectious Disease: Access to Medicines on COVID-19, AIDS, and Beyond

Matthew M. Kavanagh, Luis Gil Abinader, Fatima Hassan, Eric Friedman

Non-Communicable Disease: Challenges and Opportunities for Global Regulation of Tobacco, Unhealthy Food, and Alcohol

Katharina Ó Cathaoir, Margherita Melillo, Roger S. Magnusson

Reflections on the SDGs and UHC: Getting Shit Done

Peter A. Singer

Universal Health Coverage and Social Protection: Evolution and Future Opportunities for Global Health Law and Equity

Nicole D. Foster, Kimberley Benjamin, Pramiti Parwani, Katrina Perehudoff

Reflections on Climate Change Policy for Global Health

David W. Patterson

Environmental Health: Towards Synthesis in Global Law and Governance

Alexandra L. Phelan, Stefania Negri, Marlies Hesselman

Reflections on Global Health Law in the COVID-19 Response

Helen Clark

The 2024 Amendments to the International Health Regulations: A New Era for Global Health Law in Pandemic Preparedness and Response?

Roojin Habibi, Mark Eccleston-Turner, Gian Luca Burci

Vaccine Inequity in the COVID-19 Crisis: Lessons to Leverage Global Health Law through Market-Shaping Policies

Luciano Bottini Filho, Safura Abdool Karim, Timothy Fish Hodgson

The Proposed Pandemic Agreement: A Pivotal Moment for Global Health Law

Pedro A. Villarreal, Aeyal Gross, Alexandra Phelan

Reflections on Advocacy as a Foundation of Global Health Law

Gregg Gonsalves

Non-State Actors: The Increasing Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Global Health Law

Allan Maleche, Timothy Wafula, Sasha Stevenson, Tendai Mafuma

Reflections on Progress and Shaping the Future of Maternal and Child Health in Global Health Law

Flavia Bustreo

Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights: Advances and Setbacks

Aziza Ahmed, Alicia Ely Yamin, Sofia Gruskin

Reflections on Working with Larry

I. Glenn Cohen

AI and Data Surveillance: Embedding a Human Rights-based Approach

Tsung-Ling Lee, Sharifah Sekalala, Pedro Villarreal

Reflections on Decolonial Imperatives in Global Health Law

Matiangai Sirleaf

Decolonial Framings in Global Health Law: Redressing Colonial Legacies for a Just and Equitable Future

Ngozi A Erondu, Vyoma Dhar Sharma, Moses Mulumba

Global Health Law: Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of the Field

Lawrence O. Gostin

Commentary

Global Health Law as a Foundation for NCD Prevention — A Statement from a Believer

Brigit Toebes

Standing in the Light of Dr. King

Michele Bratcher Goodwin

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