Blogs

Paul Hunt’s TED Talk: Do Human Rights Work?
Paul Hunt, the first Special Rapporteur on the right to health, and guest editor of the forthcoming December 2015 issue of Health and Human Rights Journal, takes his TED audience on a journey to question the validity of his young son’s observation that…

Right to Health Movement Building Through a Global Vote
By Ankur Asthana, Associate in Global Health & Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Co-Founder of Article 25 Published December 9, 2014 As we approach the new year, many of us in global health will be keeping an eye on the new…

Sexual and Reproductive Rights Litigation Draws World Experts
Published November 25, 2014 Health rights litigation is receiving much attention at Harvard’s FXB Center for Health and Human Rights and Harvard Law School. Under the direction of FXB policy director Alicia Ely Yamin, the Center recently hosted the…

Ebola and Human Rights: Insight from Experts
By Patrick Donnelly Published November 20, 2014 Ebola demonstrates the critical link between health and human rights, the lack of governance, and the misdirection that befalls the international community in addressing such outbreaks. Human rights…

New Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health Assumes Duties
Posted September 4, 2014 The new Special Rapporteur on the human right to health assumed his duties on August 1. Selected over the summer by the Human Rights Council, Dr. Dainius Pūras of Lithuania is the third individual to occupy the honorary…

WHO Climate Change Conference: Immediate Health Benefits Possible
Posted September 2, 2014 The first-ever global conference on health and climate change was hosted by WHO in Geneva from August 27-29. More than 300 invited participants attended the three-day forum, including UN agency heads, government…

O’Neill Center Colloquium: The West African Ebola Epidemic
The O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, a member of the Health and Human Rights Consortium, invites you to a colloquium event:  The West African Ebola Epidemic: How Can It Be Contained and How Can We Prevent the Next…