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Vol 26/2, 2024, pp. 133-136  PDF SPECIAL SECTION: DISTRESS MIGRATION AND THE RIGHT TO HEALTH VIEWPOINT Lars Lindgren and Karla Fredricks Introduction The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) stresses the importance of children’s…

Vol 26/2, 2024, pp. 81-82  PDF LETTER TO THE EDITOR Haoran Deng I recently read the article “Are Rights-Based Services Important? An Adolescent PrEP Demonstration Project in Brazil,” by Laura Ferguson et al. published in Health and Human…

Vol 26/2, 2024, pp. 13-24  PDF Leifa Mayers Abstract Reproductive rights and reproductive justice paradigms have long been viewed as incompatible, largely because of their divergent orientations to the notion of choice. According to…

Vol 26/2, 2024, pp. 25-37  PDF Esther Kamau and Gillian MacNaughton Abstract In view of the United Nations’ goal to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030, this paper investigates MakueniCare, the highly successful UHC…

Vol 26/2, 2024, pp. 45-60  PDF Digital Health and Rights Project Consortium Abstract In her 2023 report to the United Nations Human Rights Council on digital innovation, technology, and the right to health, the Special Rapporteur on…

Vol 26/2, 2024, pp. 1-12  PDF Kay Wilson Abstract The social determinants of health and international human rights law share many overlapping concerns and goals in promoting human well-being. However, so far they have been developing…

VIEWPOINT Berenice Cerra and Daniel Dorado The Justice of Ecuador has released a decision declaring an executive decree that eliminated and decreased taxes on ultra-processed food products, tobacco, alcohol, guns, and plastics, unconstitutional.[1]…

Vol 25/2, 2023, pp. 155-169  PDF Joo-Young Lee Abstract This paper discusses economic inequality as a key social determinant of health. It highlights the potentially transformative role of social protection systems in addressing economic…

Vol 25/2, 2023, pp. 91-102  PDF Sabba Salebaigi Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on long-standing constitutional violations within the US correctional system, particularly affecting vulnerable populations such as senior…

Vol 25/2, 2023, pp. 43-52  PDF Donrich Thaldar Abstract This article delves into the expansion of procreative freedom in relation to assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) in South African law, with reference to three seminal cases. In…