Perspectives

Michael Kirby   Health and Human Rights 18/1 Published June 2016 The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG delivered this Franz-Hermann Brüner lecture at the 16th Conference of International Investigators, in Montreux, Switzerland, on September 30,…

Allan Maleche and Nerima Were Background The tension between public health and individual rights raises key questions in the face of public health crises such as tuberculosis (TB) and Ebola: What are the circumstances that warrant the obligatory…

Delan Devakumar and Rob Yates Health and Human Rights 18/1 Published June 2016 A disturbing but common practice in many developing countries is the detainment of women who have recently given birth and who cannot afford their hospital charges.…

Authors Agnes Binagwaho, Sardis H. Harward, Theophile Dushime, Jean de Dieu Ngirabega, Parfait Uwaliraye, Cathy Mugeni, Kirstin W. Scott, Marie Aimee Muhimpundu, Jean Pierre Nyemazi Introduction The right to the highest attainable state of…

Fran Quigley Introduction The flaws of the modern medicine patent system are widely decried. The current system fails to develop medicines to address the health needs of the global poor and creates a platform for unaffordable pricing of the…

Eleanor Emery, Carmen Stellar, Krista Dubin, Taryn Clark, Aynsley Duncan, Alejandro Lopez, Joanne Ahola, Terri Edersheim, and Nicole Sirotin  Introduction  Every year, thousands of people seek legal asylum in the United States after…