Category: Virtual Roundtable

Volume 23/1, June 2021, pp. 273-288 PDF Els Torreele and Joseph J. Amon Introduction The rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines is an amazing achievement. It shows how much can be accomplished when human ingenuity, solid medical research capacity, and private-sector product development infrastructure are given extensive public support, from basic research to massive subsidies along the research and development (R&D) and manufacturing pipeline. However, this historic accomplishment is hardly a…

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Volume 22/2, December 2020, pp 333 – 345 PDF Carmel Williams and Joseph J. Amon Introduction Since 2002 the United Nations, through the (now) Human Rights Council, has mandated experts to advance the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, is the fourth, and most recent appointment to this post, and the first woman to hold it. Called Special Rapporteurs,…

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PDF Joseph J. Amon and Margaret Wurth Introduction International human rights law guarantees everyone the right to the highest attainable standard of health and obligates governments to take steps to prevent threats to public health and to provide medical care to those who need it. Human rights law also recognizes that in the context of serious public health threats and public emergencies threatening the life of the nation, restrictions on…

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