by ghgovernance | Mar 15, 2018 | Conflict, GFATM, Human Rights, IASC, International Law, LGBT, OHCHR, Pandemic Response, Recent Issue, Spring 2018, Trade, TSMOs, World Bank, World Health Organization
by Benjamin Mason Meier, Hanna Huffstetler and Lawrence O. Gostin Human rights frame global health governance. In codifying a normative foundation for global governance in the aftermath of World War II, states came together under the auspices of an emergent United...
by ghgovernance | Mar 15, 2018 | Conflict, Human Rights, Spring 2018, World Health Organization
by Leonard S. Rubenstein A decade ago, when I was researching attacks on health workers and facilities over the preceding decades, I was struck by the fact that the World Health Organization (WHO) was silent on violence against hospitals, patients, and health workers,...
by ghgovernance | Mar 15, 2018 | Human Rights, LGBT, Spring 2018
by Po-Han Lee In May 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) Secretariat produced its first-ever report regarding health issues related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in preparation for an agenda item of the 2013 WHO Executive Board (EB)...
by ghgovernance | Mar 15, 2018 | Human Rights, ICESCR, Pandemic Response, Spring 2018, World Health Organization
by Mark Eccleston-Turner Developing states lack access to pandemic influenza vaccines. The provision of ‘essential’ medicines is a core, non-derogable obligation of the right to health in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR),...
by ghgovernance | Mar 15, 2018 | Human Rights, IASC, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Spring 2018
by Sara Davis, Doris Schopper and Julia Epps Sexual violence in conflict settings is recognized as a war crime, constituting a grave violation of human rights. This article compares and contrasts sexual violence intervention monitoring and evaluation (M&E) tools...
by ghgovernance | Mar 15, 2018 | Human Rights, OHCHR, Spring 2018
by Gillian MacNaughton Since 1994, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has taken a lead role in promoting human rights around the globe. This article examines the work of the OHCHR on the right to health. Based on the annual reports of the...
by ghgovernance | Mar 15, 2018 | Human Rights, Spring 2018, TSMOs
by Samantha Plummer, Jackie Smith and Melanie Hughes Transnational social movement organizations (TSMOs) played a critical role in integrating human rights into the policies and programs of the United Nations, including in health governance. In this article, we...
by ghgovernance | Mar 15, 2018 | GFATM, Human Rights, Spring 2018
by Sharifah Sekalala and Toni Haastrup New Global Health initiatives, such as the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM), Global Alliance on Vaccines and Immunisations (GAVI), UNITAID, Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and...
by ghgovernance | Mar 15, 2018 | Human Rights, Spring 2018, World Bank
by Yusra Ribhi Shawar and Jennifer Prah Ruger While the World Bank has integrated rights-based principles in the implementation of some health programs that it finances, it continues to deny a formal legal obligation for human rights. Employing thematic and discourse...
by ghgovernance | Mar 15, 2018 | Human Rights, Spring 2008
by Hiwote Fantahun This article examines the responsibility of external funders to ensure respect for human rights in their health assistance in highly repressive and politicized countries, using Ethiopia as a case study. Ethiopia’s experience is particularly...
by ghgovernance | Mar 15, 2018 | Spring 2018, World Bank
by Desmond McNeill The World Bank is reluctant to engage with human rights – generally, and more specifically in relation to health. Why? And what is to be done about it? This commentary summarizes the debate, showing that insiders and critical outsiders largely...
by ghgovernance | Mar 15, 2018 | Human Rights, Spring 2018, Trade
by Meri Koivusalo and Katrina Perehudoff New generation trade agreements mark a new era in the contentious relationship between the right to health and global trade objectives. This article delineates three of the unique qualities of new generation agreements and the...
by ghgovernance | Mar 15, 2018 | Complete Issues, Feature Stories, Human Rights, Spring 2018
Volume XII, No. 1 Spring 2018: Special Issue Human Rights in Global Health Governance Full Text Human Rights in Global Health Governance Benjamin Mason Meier, Hanna Huffstetler and Lawrence O. Gostin Transforming the WHO’s Role in Advancing the Right to...