Abstract – International assistance and cooperation for access to essential medicines

Emily A. Mok Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010 Abstract Access to essential medicines is a critical problem that plagues many developing countries. With a daunting number of domestic constraints — technologically, economically, and otherwise — developing countries are faced with a steep uphill battle to meet the human rights obligation of providing essential medicines immediately. To meet these challenges, the international human rights obligations of international assistance…

International assistance and cooperation for access to essential medicines

Emily A. Mok Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010 Abstract Access to essential medicines is a critical problem that plagues many developing countries. With a daunting number of domestic constraints — technologically, economically, and otherwise — developing countries are faced with a steep uphill battle to meet the human rights obligation of providing essential medicines immediately. To meet these challenges, the international human rights obligations of international assistance…

Abstract – International obligations through collective rights: Moving from foreign health assistance to global health governance

Benjamin Mason Meier and Ashley M. Fox Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010 Abstract This article analyzes the growing chasm between international power and state responsibility in health rights, proposing an international legal framework for collective rights — rights that can reform international institutions and empower developing states to realize the determinants of health structured by global forces. With longstanding recognition that many developing state governments cannot realize…

International obligations through collective rights: Moving from foreign health assistance to global health governance

Benjamin Mason Meier and Ashley M. Fox Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010 Abstract This article analyzes the growing chasm between international power and state responsibility in health rights, proposing an international legal framework for collective rights — rights that can reform international institutions and empower developing states to realize the determinants of health structured by global forces. With longstanding recognition that many developing state governments cannot realize…

Abstract – Making health an imperative of foreign policy: The value of a human rights approach

Flavia Bustreo and Curtis F. J. Doebbler Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010   “[For] . . . the happiness of the people and the power of the country . . . [t]he care of the Public Health is the first duty of a statesman.” — Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of Great Britain1 Abstract Health is increasingly seen as relevant to foreign policy; nevertheless, it remains subordinate to…

Making health an imperative of foreign policy: The value of a human rights approach

Flavia Bustreo and Curtis F. J. Doebbler Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010   “[For] . . . the happiness of the people and the power of the country . . . [t]he care of the Public Health is the first duty of a statesman.” — Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of Great Britain1 Abstract Health is increasingly seen as relevant to foreign policy; nevertheless, it remains subordinate to…

Abstract – Taking up Daniels’ challenge: The case for global health justice

Gorik Ooms and Rachel Hammonds Abstract In Just Health, Norman Daniels makes a strong argument for obligations of mutual assistance to fulfill the right to health at the national level and challenges readers to develop arguments supporting obligations of mutual assistance at the global level. In this paper, we argue that there is global responsibility for global health and that there are obligations of justice (beyond charity) to help fulfill…

­­­­Taking up Daniels’ challenge: The case for global health justice

Gorik Ooms and Rachel Hammonds Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010 Abstract In Just Health, Norman Daniels makes a strong argument for obligations of mutual assistance to fulfill the right to health at the national level and challenges readers to develop arguments supporting obligations of mutual assistance at the global level. In this paper, we argue that there is global responsibility for global health and that there are…

Abstract – Informed consent: Enforcing pharmaceutical companies’ obligations abroad

Stacey B. Lee Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010 Abstract The past several years have seen an evolution in the obligations of pharmaceutical companies conducting clinical trials abroad. Key players, such as international human rights organizations, multinational pharmaceutical companies, the United States government and courts, and the media, have played a significant role in defining these obligations. This article examines how such obligations have developed through the lens…

Informed consent: Enforcing pharmaceutical companies’ obligations abroad

Stacey B. Lee Health and Human Rights 12/1 Published June 2010 Abstract The past several years have seen an evolution in the obligations of pharmaceutical companies conducting clinical trials abroad. Key players, such as international human rights organizations, multinational pharmaceutical companies, the United States government and courts, and the media, have played a significant role in defining these obligations. This article examines how such obligations have developed through the lens…