Leigh Haynes, David Legge, Leslie London, David McCoy, David Sanders, Claudio Schuftan Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 Abstract The idea of a Framework Convention for Global Health (FCGH), using the treaty-making powers of the World Health Organization (WHO), has been promoted as an opportunity to advance global health equity and the right to health. The idea has promise, but needs more thought regarding risks, obstacles, and strategies.…
Abstract – Global health rights: Employing human rights to develop and implement the Framework Convention on Global Health
Lance Gable and Benjamin Mason Meier Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 Abstract The Framework Convention on Global Health (FCGH) represents an important idea for addressing the expanding array of governance challenges in global health. Proponents of the FCGH suggest that it could further the right to health through its incorporation of rights into national laws and policies, using litigation and community empowerment to advance rights claims and…
Abstract – Governance for global and national health: A role for framework conventions?
Timothy G. Evans Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 In the last two decades, the mushrooming of global health partnerships, alliances, funds and initiatives accompanied by a shift in the resource psyche from millions to billions has been exciting but also bewildering. The landscape of global health is no longer defined primarily by multilateral institutions comprised of member states, but has been forced to expand to consider new…
Editorial – Governance for global and national health: A role for framework conventions?
Timothy G. Evans Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 In the last two decades, the mushrooming of global health partnerships, alliances, funds and initiatives accompanied by a shift in the resource psyche from millions to billions has been exciting but also bewildering. The landscape of global health is no longer defined primarily by multilateral institutions comprised of member states, but has been forced to expand to consider new…
Abstract – Toward a legal framework that promotes and protects sex workers’ health and human rights
Cheryl Overs, Bebe Loff Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 Abstract Complex combinations of law, policy, and enforcement practices determine sex workers vulnerability to HIV and rights abuses. We identify “lack of recognition as a person before the law” as an important but undocumented barrier to accessing services and conclude that multi-faceted, setting-specific reform is needed—rather than a singular focus on decriminalization—if the health and human rights of…
Toward a legal framework that promotes and protects sex workers’ health and human rights
Cheryl Overs, Bebe Loff Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 Abstract Complex combinations of law, policy, and enforcement practices determine sex workers vulnerability to HIV and rights abuses. We identify “lack of recognition as a person before the law” as an important but undocumented barrier to accessing services and conclude that multi-faceted, setting-specific reform is needed—rather than a singular focus on decriminalization—if the health and human rights of…
Abstract – Respecting the right to access to medicines: Implications of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights for the pharmaceutical industry
Suerie Moon Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 Abstract What are the human rights responsibilities of pharmaceutical companies with regard to access to medicines? The state-based international human rights framework has long struggled with the issue of the human rights obligations of non-state actors, a question sharpened by economic globalization and the concomitant growing power of private for-profit actors (“business”). In 2011, after a six-year development process, the…
Respecting the right to access to medicines: Implications of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights for the pharmaceutical industry
Suerie Moon Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 Abstract What are the human rights responsibilities of pharmaceutical companies with regard to access to medicines? The state-based international human rights framework has long struggled with the issue of the human rights obligations of non-state actors, a question sharpened by economic globalization and the concomitant growing power of private for-profit actors (“business”). In 2011, after a six-year development process, the…
Abstract – The Framework Convention on Global Health: A tool for empowering the HIV/AIDS movements in Senegal and South Africa
Ella Scheepers Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 Abstract Despite the Alma Ata-inspired slogan “health for all by 2000,” the world remains afflicted with poor health in the second decade of the 21st century.1 This situation has generated much debate, and as a result, national and global responses have arguably entered a new era, building on the past success and failures of health movements, most notably on…
The Framework Convention on Global Health: A tool for empowering the HIV/AIDS movements in Senegal and South Africa
Ella Scheepers Health and Human Rights 15/1 Published June 2013 Abstract Despite the Alma Ata-inspired slogan “health for all by 2000,” the world remains afflicted with poor health in the second decade of the 21st century.1 This situation has generated much debate, and as a result, national and global responses have arguably entered a new era, building on the past success and failures of health movements, most notably on the…