Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics | June 9, 2025
Read the PublicationThis special tribute published in the Journal of Law, Medicine, & Ethics, further 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
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
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
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
Commentary
Global Health Law as a Foundation for NCD Prevention — A Statement from a Believer
Brigit Toebes