Blogs
Returning to a Pre-Roe World Threatens More than Abortion Rights
Sarthak Gupta and Pruthvirajsinh Zala
In May 2022, an initial draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was leaked forewarning an overturn of the…
Children Arriving in the United States Need Strong Safeguards
Michael Garcia Bochenek and Warren Binford
The sounds of sobbing children, some struggling to breathe, outraged the public in June 2018 as the impact of the Trump administration family separation policy became widely known.[1]
The policy was…
Moving Beyond Siloes: Urgent Need for an Integrated Approach to Children’s Rights and Well-Being
Jonathan Todres
Child development is multi-faceted and complex. Although the lived experience of children cannot be neatly parsed into siloes, government responses to, and support for, children are typically divided among sectors. From education to…
Inviting Contributions on the Theme of “Paul Farmer’s Legacy”
Paul Farmer 1959-2022
In memory and celebration of our Editor-in-Chief Paul Farmer, we invite contributions to an online collection that honors his legacy in global health, human rights, equality and dignity.
We welcome personal reflections,…
In Memory of Paul Farmer who Believed the Future Could be Different
Joseph J. Amon and Carmel Williams
On February 21, 2022, the Health and Human Rights Journal Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Paul Farmer, MD PhD, died in his sleep while working in Rwanda.
In addition to his role at the Journal which he had held since 2008,…
Forgotten Behind Bars: COVID-19 and Palestinian Prisoners Detained in Israel
Yazid Barhoush
On March 25th, 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic escalated, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, called for governments to “not forget those behind bars” and “act quickly to reduce the number of people in…
EDITORIAL Health Rights and the Urgency of the Climate Crisis
Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 75-59 | PDF
Carmel Williams and Gillian MacNaughton
This special section on health rights and the urgency of the climate crisis could not be more timely. The world came together in Glasgow at the COP26…
Human Rights Must Guide a Pandemic Treaty
Timothy Fish Hodgson, Roojin Habibi, Benjamin Mason Meier, Sharifah Sekalala, Ian Seiderman, Tomaso Falchetta, Thomas Schwarz, Letta Tayler, Sean Tait, Gerald Staberock, and Sara (Meg) Davis
The World Health Assembly (WHA) will be…
A Healthy Environment Becomes a Human Right
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has called on states to take bold actions to give prompt and real effect to the right to a healthy environment, following a UN Human Rights Council’s landmark decision to recognise a clean,…
Johnson & Johnson, Vaccine Apartheid, and Human Rights
A. Kayum Ahmed, Achal Prabhala, Julia Greenberg, Ames Dhai, and Usuf Chikte
Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) decision to export COVID-19 vaccines manufactured in South Africa and India to Europe, ahead of supplying both countries or their respective…