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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Russia: Health Workers Face Retaliation for Speaking Out
Frontline Staff Raise Safety Concerns During Covid-19 Pandemic
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Venezuela: Urgent Aid Needed to Combat Covid-19
Water Shortages in Hospitals Heighten Risk in Country, Region
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Covid-19 Fueling Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia Worldwide
National Action Plans Needed to Counter Intolerance
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China: Covid-19 Discrimination Against Africans
Forced Quarantines, Evictions, Refused Services in Guangzhou
News
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US: Alabama Missing Ways to Improve Young People’s Health
Comprehensive Sex Ed, HPV Vaccine Can Reduce Preventable Deaths
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Turkmenistan Denies Apparent Covid-19 Outbreak
Officials Withhold Information, Pressure Health Workers
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Canada, Ontario Need to Address Toxic Legacy
Mercury Contamination Sickens, Kills Indigenous Community Members
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Take Action to Keep Water On in the US
Communities of Color Face Dangerous Lack of Access to Clean Water
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Russia: Health Workers Face Retaliation for Speaking Out
Frontline Staff Raise Safety Concerns During Covid-19 Pandemic
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US: Ensure Oversight, Not Immunity, for Nursing Homes
New York, 18 Other States Limiting Access to Justice Amid Covid-19
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Greece Again Extends Covid-19 Lockdown at Refugee Camps
Authorities Should End Discriminatory Restrictions
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US Study Suggests Hurricanes May Trigger Early Births
Most Vulnerable Communities May See Biggest Effects
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Human Rights Watch Testimony to US House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee
Covid-19 Disparities Reflect Structural Racism, Abuses
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US: Covid-19 Disparities Reflect Structural Racism, Abuses
Human Rights Watch Testimony to US House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee
