By guest contributor Juliet Sorensen As our world shrinks, universities must prepare their students for life outside the ivory tower while they are still inside it. The 2013 Global Alliance for Justice Education Worldwide Conference in Delhi focused on demand from the legal profession that law schools produce “the practice-ready lawyer,” graduating students with experience advocating for social and economic rights. Consulting firms recruit MBAs to advise companies on how…
Requirements for Perspectives essays and blog posts
Perspectives essays Health and Human Rights accepts submissions for consideration in our Perspectives section. Please refer to the following requirements in preparing a Perspectives essay. The maximum word length is 2000 words. The essay must be well-written, in clear and idiomatically correct English. The argument put forward must be clearly articulated, with an obvious connection to the right to health. The essay must have relevance to a wide international audience…
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Book Brief – Compendium of Judgments: Judicial Dialogue on HIV, Human Rights and the Law in Asia and the Pacific
Compendium of Judgments: Judicial Dialogue on HIV, Human Rights and the Law in Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, June 2–4, 2013 B. Citro, T. Avafia, T.M. Fidalgo, et al. United Nations Development Programme, Bureau for Development Policy, HIV, Health & Development Group (New York: UNDP, 2013) 124 pages Freely available online here. Reviewed by HHR contributor Prem Misir, PhD, MPH This new compendium from the United Nations Development…
Book Brief – Disability and Universal Human Rights
Disability and Universal Human Rights: Legal, Ethical, and Conceptual Implications of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Edited by Joel Anderson and Jos Philips Utrecht University (October 2012) ISBN: 9789039358634 194 pages Freely available online here. Reviewed by HHR editorial assistant Krista Oehlke As editors Joel Anderson and Jos Philips bring into focus in this new volume, the 2008 UN Convention on the Rights of…
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HRW implores Afghan president to redouble efforts against childhood marriage, domestic violence against women
By HHR editorial assistant Krista Oehlke Posted September 20, 2013 On September 4, Human Rights Watch urged Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai to “redouble efforts” to implement the 2009 Law of Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW law). In the letter, HRW noted that the law’s full enforcement is under threat, citing recent “emotionally charged debates” regarding the law’s provisions. President Karzai signed the EVAW law as a decree in 2009,…
WHO calls for universal health coverage research
By HHR editorial assistant Krista Oehlke Posted September 5, 2013 The World Health Organization has called for continued investment in local and global research toward the advancement of universal health coverage. “World health report 2013: Research for universal health coverage” follows a UN resolution made in December 2012, which encouraged governments to fortify universal healthcare as part of the international agenda. The report emphasizes continued domestic involvement in research in…
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Book Brief: The Human Right to Water
The Human Right to Water: Significance, Legal Status and Implications for Water Allocation Inga T. Winkler Hart Publishing (June 2012) ISBN: 9781849462839 376 pages $104.00 By HHR editorial assistant Krista Oehlke Inga T. Winkler’s new text on the right to water explains the legal status and implications of the right to water and recommends actions that States must take toward operationalizing the right. Winkler’s comprehensive legal scholarship emphasizes that understanding…
O’Neill Institute highlights “new frontier” for access to medicines
In a recent blog post, our colleagues at The O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University report on a “new frontier” for the access to medicines movement, which follows the expanding prevalence of NCDs in middle- to low- income countries. They contend that effective treatment must prioritize “patients over patents”: Ensuring access to medicines requires a two-pronged approach. First, medicines must be invented and developed. For…
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WHO report finds violence against women “a global health problem of epidemic proportions”
By HHR editorial assistant Krista Oehlke Violence against women is a fundamental violation of human rights, and according to a recent WHO report, a “global health problem of epidemic proportions.” The landmark report, conducted in partnership with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the South African Medical Research Council, marks the first systematic study of global population data that differentiates between intimate partner and non-partner sexual violence,…
UNHRC adopts access to medicines resolution
By HHR editorial assistant Krista Oehlke The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on access to medicines (A/HRC/23/L.10/Rev.1) on June 14. The resolution was adopted by 31 in favor, none against, and 16 abstentions, and follows Special Rapporteur Anand Grover’s May 27 report analyzing existing international challenges toward realizing access to medicines within a right to health framework. The report detailed key international and national determinants of access,…
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