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Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling for Libya’s electoral candidates to discuss their attitudes and plans to address the country’s widespread use of illegal detention and torture. HRW investigations have revealed that people who are officially detained…

The AP recently reported that activists from more than 50 civil service organizations are lobbying the Ugandan Supreme Court to declare maternal mortality a violation of women’s rights. These organizations are receiving strong support from Ugandan women…

June 26 marks the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, a time to reflect on the victims and survivors of torture and support those campaigns working to end it. This is especially relevant in the health care field, where there has been a…

Paul Farmer, editor-in-chief of Health and Human Rights and founding director of Partners in Health, delivered the principal commencement address at the College of the Holy Cross on May 25. In his speech, centered on a personal anecdote he dubbed “The…

By Heather Adams, Fellow, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights In 2012, 1 in 88 children and 1 in 54 boys in the United States will be diagnosed with autism, a figure that exceeds the number of children who will be diagnosed with AIDS, diabetes, and…

As an undergraduate with limited knowledge of health and human rights issues, I joined the FXB Center as a summer intern out of a curiosity to better understand this topic. Attending the FXB Center’s Intensive Course on Health and Human Rights: Concepts,…

During a June 1 health conference held in Norway, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged their countries’ aid  to a new initiative, “Saving Mothers, Giving Life,” which supports maternal health and aims…

Regulating Corporate Human Rights Violations Surya Deva Routledge (January 2012) ISBN 9780415668217 296 pages $145 Surya Deva’s new book on the humanization of business sets out to address three crucial and timely questions: Why companies and…

Solomon Benatar and Gillian Brock Cambridge University Press, 2011 ISBN 9780521146777 350 pages $62 Benatar and Brock explore the obligations and challenges surrounding the improvement of global health in their new textbook, Global Health and Global…

Gunilla Backman, ed. Studentlitteratur, 2012 ISBN 9789144067803 368 pages $50 The Right to Health, edited by Gunilla Backman, expounds on the central theme that a functioning, accessible, and non-discriminatory health system is necessary for the…