Bill of Health
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
One of us (LG) was involved in the drafting of the Siracusa Principles, which have become the chief international instrument governing permissible human rights limitations during national emergencies. UN bodies and the World Health Assembly should endorse the Principles, much as the ECOSOC did vis-à-vis the Siracusa Principles.
Bill of Health
OCTOBER 24, 2023
This symposium gathers reflections from leading scholars, activists, jurists, and others from around the world with respect to the recently issued Principles. Historically, Global Health Law has been permeated with colonialism and concerned with preserving travel and trade rather than protecting human dignity, health and life.
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Bill of Health
OCTOBER 26, 2023
By Kayum Ahmed, Julia Bleckner, and Kyle Knight In mid-May, the World Health Organization officially declared the “emergency” phase of the COVID-19 pandemic over. That has created deep inequities in access to health products that can save lives. Solidarity operates at two intersecting levels.
Bill of Health
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Under international human rights law, States have a positive, primary obligation to ensure that such health care services are of the highest possible quality and accessible to everyone, everywhere, and without discrimination.
Bill of Health
MARCH 14, 2024
Eswatini reduced restrictions on abortion through its 2005 constitution, broadening access in cases in which there is a danger to the mother’s life, a serious threat to the mother’s health, and on the grounds of rape, incest, or fetal impairment.
Bill of Health
DECEMBER 7, 2023
In June 2023, the Assembly adopted Resolution 2500 (2023) on “Public health emergency: the need for a holistic approach to multilateralism and health care.” The report supports the ongoing processes taking place at the international level to transform global health governance.
Bill of Health
JANUARY 18, 2024
Soekoe and Davis, both South African lawyers involved in litigation relating to transparency in vaccine contracts between the Government and pharmaceutical companies , detail the successful vindication of the right to access to information, entrenched in the South African Constitution and legislation.
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