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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Lebanon: Health Workers’ Safety Neglected during Covid-19
Pay Hospital Dues; Protect Workers from Attacks
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“Whoever Finds the Vaccine Must Share It”
Strengthening Human Rights and Transparency Around Covid-19 Vaccines
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Israel: Provide Vaccines to Occupied Palestinians
Over 4.5 Million in West Bank, Gaza Excluded From Vaccination Push
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North Korea: Covid-19 Intensified Systematic Repression
Kim Jong Un Uses Pandemic to Further Isolate Population
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Iran: Khamenei’s Reckless Ban on Covid-19 Vaccine
Authorities’ Unsubstantiated Claims Threaten Iranians’ Health
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Lebanon: Health Workers’ Safety Neglected during Covid-19
Pay Hospital Dues; Protect Workers from Attacks
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Urgently Waive Intellectual Property Rules for Vaccine
Right to Life, Public Health Demand Extraordinary Cooperation, Sharing
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US Environmental Agency Greenlights Neurotoxic Pesticide
Science Links Exposure to Chlorpyrifos to Developmental Delay in Children
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Egypt: World Bank Funds Health but Neglects Jailed Doctors
Crackdown on Health Workers, Independent Union Tests Bank’s Anti-Reprisal Policy
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US Heat Deaths Among Older People Rising
Excessive Heat Also Harms Mental Health, Pregnancy, and Birth Outcomes
