Perspectives

Daniel Alzate Mora Published September 23, 2014 This essay presents a critical view of the standard interpretation of the Constitutional Court of Colombia’s (the Court’s) role in health litigation. Although at first glance Colombia represents a…

Namusobya Salima Published September 23, 2014 Strategic litigation in response to human rights violations is an increasing practice around the world.[1] Health rights litigation is undertaken to give effect to the right to the highest attainable…

By Joseph J. Amon Published September 11, 2014 Three databases have launched in recent years that provide information on law, human rights, and health. LawAtlas, the Global Health and Human Rights database, and the Doctors Who Torture…

Maria Kristiansen and Aziz Sheikh Published July 22, 2014 As Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries increase global engagement and aspire to host high-profile international events such as the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and the 2020 World Expo…

Upendra Bhojani, Pragati Hebbar, Vishal Rao, Vandana Shah Published July 15,  2014 This year marks the 50th anniversary of the US Surgeon General’s report that first stated smoking was dangerous and associated with serious diseases, the list…

By Adam Houston Published June 18, 2014 In 2014, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) — the latest and longest-lived of a series of UN peacekeeping missions to the country since 1993 — will mark its tenth anniversary.…

Letter to the Editor Published May 14, 2014 Dear Editor, “The post-2015 development agenda, human rights, evidence, and open-access publishing” (editorial, Volume 15, Issue 2) highlighted the importance of including human rights on the…

Steven H. Miles Published January 22, 2014 Physicians are integral to the modern infliction of torture. They help regimes devise and implement means of torture that minimize scars that serve as evidence. They help keep prisoners alive who are not…

Oleg Kucheryavenko, Kirill Guskov, Michael Walker Published December 18, 2013  In June 2013, President Vladimir Putin signed into law a measure that we argue stigmatizes gay people. The legislation introduces fines of up to 5,000 rubles (US…

Published November 5, 2013  Dear Editor, We are writing to support the claim made by Mpinga et al. in their article Traditional/alternative medicines and the right to health: Key elements for a Convention on Global Health. In their discussion…