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Special Rapporteur Handover Dialogues 2020-2021

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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. Called Special Rapporteurs, these independent experts help…

Human Rights Must Guide a Pandemic Treaty

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Timothy Fish Hodgson, Roojin Habibi, Benjamin Mason Meier, Sharifah Sekalala, Ian Seiderman, Tomaso Falchetta, Thomas Schwarz, Letta Tayler, Sean Tait, Gerald Staberock, and Sara (Meg) Davis  The World Health Assembly (WHA) will be…

Physical Activity as a Human Right?

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Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 201-211  |  PDF Sven Messing, Michael Krennerich, Karim Abu-Omar, Susanne Ferschl, and Peter Gelius Abstract Public awareness of the importance of physical activity has increased due to the many…

PERSPECTIVE Who Deserves Health Care in a Global Pandemic?

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Volume 23/2, December 2021, pp. 167-172  |  PDF Monica Gagnon, Rebecca Cheff, and Lisa Forman Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity for reflection on universal health coverage. We look at the case of the province of…

Johnson & Johnson, Vaccine Apartheid, and Human Rights

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A. Kayum Ahmed, Achal Prabhala, Julia Greenberg, Ames Dhai, and Usuf Chikte Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) decision to export COVID-19 vaccines manufactured in South Africa and India to Europe, ahead of supplying both countries or their respective…