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Week ending 21 March 2025 Philippines’ Duterte faces crimes against humanity charges at the International Criminal Court Former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, was arrested and extradited on 11 March following the ICC’s warrant and…

Week ending 7 March 2025 International Women’s Day 2025: For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment As the world celebrates 30 years of achievement on the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, gender discrimination…

Week ending 28 February 2025 Case study on rights-based approach to health in Kenya wins inaugural HHR Best Paper prize (2024) HHR is delighted to award its inaugural celebration of excellent research and writing to Esther Kamau and Gillian…

To support classroom discussions on the global health implications of the 2024 US elections, the Consortium of Universities for Global Health has brought together: • Academic Articles—to provide students with background information on US efforts to…

There have been four Special Rapporteurs on the right to health since the mandate was established by the then UN Human Rights Committee in 2002, and throughout each tenure a considerable volume of reports and letters is generated. These independent…

Editor-in-Chief Paul Farmer died in his sleep, in Rwanda, on February 21. It is with great sadness that we write this news, remembering our leader at the Journal, a man deeply committed to human rights and health, to exposing and overcoming the…