Perspectives

Octavio Luiz Motta Ferraz The debate on the judicialization of social and economic rights in general, and the right to health in particular, has been beset by polarization between pro- and anti-judicialization supporters and lack of empirical data to…

Julia Smith Abstract Despite a history of championing HIV/AIDS as a human rights issue, and a rhetorical commitment to health as a human right, European states and institutions have shifted from a rights-based response to a risk management approach…

Gen Sander and Rick Lines  Abstract  HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV), and TB in prisons and other places of detention are serious public health concerns, with prevalence and incidence considerably higher than in the general community because…

Rajat Khosla*, Christina Zampas*, Joshua P. Vogel,  Meghan A. Bohren, Mindy Roseman, and Joanna N. Erdman Abstract International human rights bodies have played a critical role in codifying, setting standards, and monitoring human rights…

Deanna Davy Abstract Australia is a wealthy country; however, available evidence suggests that food security among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples has not yet been achieved. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living in…

Martín Hevia and Daniela Schnidrig The right to health has many dimensions. On the one hand, it entails positive duties for states to protect the health of individuals. On the other, it encompasses patient decision making regarding personal health, an…

Corey Prachniak-Rincón and Jimena Villar de Onís Congratulations to Corey Prachniak-Rincón and Jimena Villar de Onís – this peer-reviewed full paper is a winner in the Harvard FXB Health and Human Rights Consortium Student Essay Competition…

Gillian MacNaughton Global Health, Human Rights and the Challenge of Neoliberal Policies, by Audrey Chapman, published by Cambridge University Press, 2016 In her latest book, Global Health, Human Rights and the Challenge of Neoliberal Policies,…

Ellie Feinglass, Nadja Gomes, and Vivek Maru   Abstract Despite expanding policy commitments in many poor countries, health care is often a failure at the point of delivery. Lack of information, poor enforcement, and power dynamics…

Beatriz Galli Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity, by Alicia Ely Yamin, Foreword by Paul Farmer, published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016 Alicia Ely Yamin’s book Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity is necessary…