Archive: 2026

News to 10 July 2026 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now Mariângela Simão: Next Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health Dr Mariângela Simão of Brazil has been appointed by the UN Human Rights Council as the fifth Special Rapporteur on the…

News to 3 July 2026 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now UN, PHM call for solidarity to support Venezuela A week on from the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, the deaths of more than 1,719 individuals have been confirmed. Around 12,000…

VIEWPOINT Grace Lee The World Health Organization defines attacks on health care as “any act of verbal or physical violence or obstruction or threat of violence that interferes with the availability, access, and delivery of curative and/or preventive…

News to 27 June 2026 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now UN: Israeli targeting of Palestinian children called genocide Israeli authorities have deliberately targeted Palestinian children resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and…

News to 20 June 2026 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now Human Rights chief calls for report on school attack to be made public In welcoming the announcement that the United States and Iran have agreed on a peace deal, UN Human Rights High…

News to 13 June 2026 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now Health as an enabler of dignity In her final report to the HRC Special Rapporteur on the right to health Tlaleng Mofokeng returns to the issue she identified at the start of her…

News to 6 June 2026 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now Attacks on health are a feature of modern conflicts The Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition report on violence against health care in conflict for 2025, published this week,…

Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 203-205 PDF Bram Wispelwey The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism: (Un)uttered Sentences, by Margareta Matache (Routledge, 2026) While Margareta (Magda) Matache’s The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism: (Un)uttered Sentences is…

Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 155-166  PDF Young Su Park, Doris Shroeder, Orla Drummond, and Ock-Joo Kim Abstract Informed consent is both a foundational principle of research ethics and a human right grounded in self-determination and bodily integrity.…

Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 85-103 PDF Rula Ghandour, Abdullatif Husseini, Shiraz Nasr, and Rita Giacaman Abstract The well-being of Palestinians living under prolonged Israeli occupation is deeply conditioned by the structures of deprivation and…