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Judging in the Pandemic – A Malawian Perspective

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Importantly, the Principles also affirm the need for States to “provide for the potential deployment of social protection measures to mitigate and compensate for the impact of public health emergencies on livelihoods [and] welfare…” (Principle 12(2)(f)).

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Reviewing Solidarity in the Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies

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This language, sadly absent from the WTO negotiations on a potential patent waiver for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, will provide a new accountability against wealthy nations seeking to privilege business at the expense of access to medicines.

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Old Dogs and New Tricks: A Case for the Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights & Public Health Emergencies

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By Nerima Were and Allan Maleche Taking into account our experiences as human rights lawyers working in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic, in this article we briefly analyze the Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies (the Principles) and make a case for their utility in guiding State measures to prepare for, prevent, (..)

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Reflections on the United States Health Care System and the Right to Health

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By Brianna da Silva Bhatia, Michele Heisler, and Christian De Vos American health care too often fails to protect the right to health or promote health-related rights.

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The End of Public Health? It’s Not Dead Yet

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OSHA , which limited federal authority to regulate worker safety with COVID-19 vaccination requirements. The “major questions doctrine” popped up throughout recent public health decisions and became formally recognized in Chief Justice Roberts’ majority opinion in West Virginia v.

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We Haven’t ‘Learned the Lessons of COVID’ Until We Remake the Political Economy of Health

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Over the course of the pandemic it has been popular to claim that we have “learned lessons from COVID,” as though this plague has spurred a revolution in how we treat illness, debility, and death under capitalism. By Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie Vierkant.

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Three Reactions to Braidwood v. Becerra

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Take the COVID-19 vaccination cases as an example, in which the Court blocked a vaccination-or-test requirement for large employers as issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.