Health
Every country in the world is now party to at least one human rights treaty that addresses health-related rights. Yet, harmful laws, policies and practices routinely interfere with access to health care and increase vulnerability to ill health, particularly for poor, marginalized or criminalized populations. Our work examines the right to health and a healthy environment, the right to be free from discrimination and arbitrary detention, and the right to information, free speech, expression and assembly as critical means of achieving health. We work on infectious diseases, pollution and environmental health, sexual and reproductive health, and non-communicable disease, including access to palliative care for patients suffering with terminal illness.
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“Whoever Finds the Vaccine Must Share It”
Strengthening Human Rights and Transparency Around Covid-19 Vaccines
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Hungary: Health Care Failures Endanger Lives
Ensure Access to Adequate, Quality Health Care, Provide Sufficient Resources
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US Heat Deaths Among Older People Rising
Excessive Heat Also Harms Mental Health, Pregnancy, and Birth Outcomes
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Bad News for the US on World Prematurity Day
Address Climate, Environmental Impacts Along with Worsening Premature Birth Rates
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EU: Bring Human Rights to the Top of Central Asia Agenda
Rights, Rule of Law Key in Response to Region’s Crises
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Waiving Intellectual Property Rules Key to Beating Covid-19
19 Years On, Learning the Lessons from the Fight for Access to HIV Drugs
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Food and Cash Aid is Vital if Lebanon Goes Back into Lockdown
Emergency Social Safety Net Should Be Developed, Communicated, and Rolled Out Without Delay
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Interview: Health, Not Wealth, Should Determine Access to a Covid-19 Vaccine
How Opaque Vaccine Deals Could Undermine a Global Recovery from the Pandemic
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Progress Protecting Rights While Combatting Covid-19
How Some Governments Have Protected People During the Pandemic
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The Next President Should Protect Human Rights in the US and End Abuses
10 Key Issues that Demand the Administration's Immediate Attention
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Human Rights Watch: 2021 Domestic Transition Priorities for the Next US Administration
10 Key Issues that Demand the Administration's Immediate Attention
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