Global Health Governance

Global health governance has become a basis to realize a more just world through public health. Reflecting the institutions that structure global determinants of public health, global governance for health encompasses the range of intergovernmental organizations, funding agencies and international bureaucracies that underlie public health in a globalizing world.
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PLOS Global Public Health
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Apr 2024
The World Health Organization was Born as a Normative Agency: Seventy-Five Years of Global Health Law under WHO Governance
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COVID-19
HIV/AIDS
The Daily Tar Heel
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Mar 2024
UNC American Mock World Health Organization Prepares for Annual Conference
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
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Mar 2024
Shaping Global Health Law through United Nations Governance: The UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response
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COVID-19
HIV/AIDS
University of Toronto
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Dec 2023
Book Launch: Global Health Law & Policy
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COVID-19
PLOS Global Public Health
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Dec 2023
A Critical Juncture for Human Rights in Global Health: Strengthening Human Rights through Global Health Law Reforms
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COVID-19
HIV/AIDS
University of Ottawa
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Dec 2023
Human Rights Challenges in Global Health Governance
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COVID-19
Global Health and Welfare Forum in Taiwan
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Nov 2023
Human Rights Challenges in Global Health Governance: Advancing Human Rights in Ongoing Global Health Law Reforms
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COVID-19
Civil Society Alliance for Human Rights in the Pandemic Accord
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Oct 2023
Human Rights Concerns in the Pandemic Accord: Negotiating Draft
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COVID-19
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
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Oct 2023
Shaping Global Health Law through United Nations Governance: The UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response
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COVID-19
Global Health Law Consortium / Geneva Summer Schools
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Jun 2023
Global Health Law Summer School
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COVID-19
HIV/AIDS
Geneva Health Files
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Jun 2023
Human Rights Challenges in the Pandemic Treaty Negotiations
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COVID-19
BMJ Global Health
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Apr 2023
The WHO’s 75th Anniversary: WHO at a Pivotal Moment in History
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COVID-19
Civil Society Alliance for Human Rights in the Pandemic Treaty
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Feb 2023
Human Rights Concerns in Zero Draft of the WHO CA+
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COVID-19
Opinio Juris
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Dec 2022
Advancing Human Rights in Pandemic Treaty Debates
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COVID-19
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
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Nov 2022
A Global Health Law Trilogy: Transformational Reforms to Strengthen Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response
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COVID-19
Oxford Commentary on the International Health Regulations (G.-L. Burci, G. Le Moli & J. E. Viñuales) (forthcoming 2023)
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Nov 2022
Implementation of the International Health Regulations: Evolving Reforms to Address Historical Limitations
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COVID-19
HIV/AIDS
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Oct 2022
Climate Change, Public Health and Human Rights
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Tobacco Control & Environmental Health
Addiction
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Jul 2022
Could International Human Rights Obligations Motivate Countries to Implement Tobacco Cessation Support?
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Tobacco Control & Environmental Health
International Organizations Law Review
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Jun 2022
The World Health Organization, International Health Regulations and Human Rights Law
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COVID-19
HIV/AIDS
Consortium of Universities for Global Health
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Mar 2022
Reforming Global Health Law to Respond to Pandemic Threats
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COVID-19
Forbes
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Mar 2022
The World Watched Russia Bomb Ukraine’s Hospitals. What Happens Next?
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Carolina Public Humanities
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Mar 2022
Human Rights in Global Health Governance: Has WHO Risen to Meet the COVID-19 Challenge?
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COVID-19
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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Mar 2022
Human Rights as a Framework for Eliminating Female Genital Schistosomiasis
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Women's & Children's Health
Yearbook of International Disaster Law
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Feb 2022
Global Obligations to Ensure the Right to Health: Strengthening Global Health Governance to Realise Human Rights in Global Health
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COVID-19
AMWHO International Conference
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Feb 2022
Human Conflict & Global Health
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Australian Journal of International Affairs
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Feb 2022
Global Health Governance through the UN Security Council: Health Security vs. Human Rights?
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HIV/AIDS
COVID-19
McGill Perspectives on Global Health
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Nov 2021
Advancing Human Rights in Global Health through the Pandemic Treaty
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COVID-19
World Health Summit
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Oct 2021
Periodic Reviews: A Game Changer for Accountability in Global Health?
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COVID-19
International Pandemic Lawmaking
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Oct 2021
The Pandemic Treaty as a Framework for Global Solidarity: Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations in Global Health Governance
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COVID-19
Global Health NOW
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Oct 2021
Strengthen Monitoring of Attacks on Health Care to Uphold Public Health and Human Rights
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Yearbook of International Disaster Law Conference: Is International Disaster Law Protecting Us?
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Oct 2021
Human Rights Dimensions of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Mainstreaming Human Rights in a Pandemic Treaty
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COVID-19
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
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Jun 2021
Strengthening Human Rights in Global Health Law: Lessons from the COVID-19 Response
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COVID-19
Health & Human Rights Journal
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Jun 2021
Monitoring Attacks on Health Care as a Basis to Facilitate Accountability for Human Rights Violations
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World Health Assembly Side Event
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May 2021
Strengthening Human Rights to Respond to Pandemic Threats
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COVID-19
Global Health Governance
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May 2021
Global Health Justice as a Foundation for the Future of Global Health Governance
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BMJ Global Health
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Apr 2021
Using the COVID-19 Pandemic to Reimagine Global Health Teaching in High-Income Countries
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COVID-19
Global Public Health
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Mar 2021
Book Review: The Uncounted: Politics of Data in Global Health
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Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law: The Future of Global Health Governance
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Jan 2021
The Role of International Organizations in Global Health Governance
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COVID-19
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
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Dec 2020
The World Health Organization in Global Health Law
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COVID-19
Introduction to the United Nations, Drexel University
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Nov 2020
Global Health Governance: Has WHO Risen to Meet the COVID-19 Challenge?
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COVID-19
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health: Gillings School News
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Nov 2020
AJPH editorial: Populism threatens the public health response to COVID-19
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COVID-19
American Journal of Public Health
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Oct 2020
Reimagining Global Health Governance in the Age of COVID-19
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COVID-19
American Journal of Public Health
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Oct 2020
A Timely History: Examining the History of the World Health Organization to Frame the Future of Global Health Governance
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NPR
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Jul 2020
Trump Sets Date To End WHO Membership Over Its Handling Of Virus
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COVID-19, Law and Human Rights: Essex Dialogues
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Jul 2020
Moving Towards Global Solidarity for Global Health through Multilateral Governance in the Covid-19 Response
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COVID-19
Forbes
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Jun 2020
U.S. Withdrawal From WHO Is Sad For Global Health And Bad For America
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NPR
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May 2020
Fact-Checking And Assessing Trump’s Letter Of Rebuke To WHO
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The Big Picture (podcast), Yale University
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May 2020
Why Should You be Worried about ICU Beds in Somalia?
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COVID-19
Forbes
Public Engagement
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Apr 2020
Can We Reimagine Global Health In The Post-Pandemic World?
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COVID-19
Health & Human Rights Journal
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Jan 2020
Human Rights in Global Health Governance
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Health & Human Rights Journal
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Dec 2019
Human Rights for Health across the United Nations
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Global Health Governance Training Program, Duke University
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Nov 2019
Human Rights in Global Health Governance
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American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California
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Oct 2019
Doomed to Repeat the Mistakes of the Past?: The Post-2015 Agenda and the Neglect of Human Rights for Global Health
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Public Health, Mental Health and Mass Atrocity Prevention Workshop, Cardozo Law School
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Jun 2019
Global Health Governance to Protect Health Care Systems in Times of Conflict: Evolving World Health Organization Efforts to Document Assaults on Health Personnel and Facilities
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Health Law Professors Conference, Loyola Law School, Chicago, Illinois
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Jun 2019
Comparative Research on Human Rights Law in Global Health Governance
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Symposium Moderator, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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May 2019
Global Health Justice and Governance
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Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Chicago, Illinois
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Mar 2019
Human Rights in Global Health: Rights-Based Governance for a Globalizing World
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Brocher Foundation, Hermance, Switzerland
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Dec 2018
Human Rights Treaty Bodies: Monitoring, Interpreting & Adjudicating Health-Related Human Rights
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Brocher Foundation, Hermance, Switzerland
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Dec 2018
Human Rights in Global Health: Rights-Based Governance for a Globalizing World
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DGHI Newsletter, Duke Global Health Institute
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Nov 2018
Alma-Ata’s Second Act
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American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, California
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Nov 2018
Human Rights in Global Health Governance
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Think Global Lecture Series, Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, North Carolina
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Oct 2018
Alma Ata Celebrates 40 Years: What Does this Milestone Mean for Global Health and Human Rights?
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Gouvernance Mondiale et Santé, Université Laval
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Oct 2018
Human Rights in Global Health Governance
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Global Public Health
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Oct 2018
Accountability for the Human Right to Health through Treaty Monitoring: Human Rights Treaty Bodies & the Influence of Concluding Observations
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Global Health Governance
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Oct 2018
Chinese Global Health Diplomacy in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges
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International Conference on Global Health Law, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Sep 2018
Human Rights in Global Health Governance
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Book Launch, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London
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Sep 2018
Human Rights in Global Health: Rights-Based Governance for a Globalizing World
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Human Rights in Global Health Rights-based Governance for a Globalizing World
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Sep 2018
The United Nations Children’s Fund: Implementing Human Rights for Child Health
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Women's & Children's Health
Health & Human Rights Journal
Public Engagement
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Sep 2018
Alma-Ata at 40: A Milestone in the Evolution of the Right to Health and an Enduring Legacy for Human Rights in Global Health
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Lancet
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Jun 2018
The How: A Message for the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs
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Health Law Professors Conference, Cleveland, Ohio
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Jun 2018
Human Rights Law as a Normative Framework for Global Health Governance
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Book Launch, Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland
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May 2018
Rights in Global Health: Rights-Based Governance for a Globalizing World
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OUPblog
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May 2018
WHO Advances the Right to Health for Universal Health Coverage
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OpenGlobalRights
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Apr 2018
From Revolution to Bureaucratization: Human Rights Law Becomes Central to Global Health Governance,
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Global Health & Innovation Conference, New Haven, Connecticut
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Apr 2018
Human Rights in Global Health Governance
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Book Launch, O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
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Apr 2018
Human Rights in Global Health: Rights-Based Governance for a Globalizing World
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O’Neill Institute Blog
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Apr 2018
Human Rights in Global Health: Rights-Based Governance for a Globalizing World
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Global Health Governance
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Apr 2018
Human Rights in Global Health Governance
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BMC Series Human Rights Day Blog
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Dec 2017
Human Rights Day: Advancing Human Rights for Global Health through the World Health Organization
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Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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Dec 2017
Human Rights in Global Health Governance
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Human Rights Forum, American Public Health Association, Atlanta, Georgia
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Nov 2017
A Rights-Based Approach to Global Health Governance
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Conversations in Human Rights, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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Sep 2017
Governing Global Health: Is there a Role for Human Rights?
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Global Health: Science & Practice
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Sep 2017
American Mock World Health Organization: An Innovative Model for Student Engagement in Global Health Policy
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Institut International des Droits de l’Homme, Fondation René Cassin, Strasbourg, France
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Jul 2017
Human Rights in Global Health Governance
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Health & Human Rights
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Jun 2017
Human Rights in the World Health Organization: Views of the Director-General Candidates
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Medical Law Review
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May 2017
Examining National Public Health Law to Realize the Global Health Security Agenda
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World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Apr 2017
Evolution of Human Rights in World Health Organisation Policy & the Future of Human Rights in Global Health Governance
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Health & Human Rights
Public Engagement
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Apr 2017
Human Rights in the World Health Organization: Views of the Director-General Candidates
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Brocher Foundation, Hermance, Switzerland
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Apr 2017
Evolution of Human Rights in the World Health Organization
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New York University, New York, New York
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Feb 2017
Human Rights in Global Health Governance
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American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado
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Oct 2016
Human Rights Advancement through Public Health Governance
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American Mock World Health Organization National Conference, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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Oct 2016
Global Health Governance for Antimicrobial Resistance
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Health & Human Rights
Public Engagement
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Apr 2016
Facilitating Accountability for the Right to Health: Mainstreaming WHO Participation in Human Rights Monitoring
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Global Health Governance
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Jan 2016
The Framework Convention on Global Health
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Health & Human Rights
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Sep 2015
Opportunities for Realizing the Child’s Right to Health Under the SDGs
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Women's & Children's Health
Duke Journal of International and Comparative Law
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Sep 2015
Human Rights Accountability through Treaty Bodies: Examining Human Rights Treaty Monitoring for Water and Sanitation
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Water & Sanitation
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Jan 2015
The Pan American Health Organization & the Mainstreaming of Human Rights in Regional Health Governance
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American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
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Nov 2014
Legal Accountability for Human Rights Implementation through United Nations Treaty Bodies: Examining Human Rights Treaty Monitoring for Water and Sanitation
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Water & Sanitation
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
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Nov 2014
Developing Universal Human Rights Indicators for Public Health: Human Rights Treaty Monitoring for Water and Sanitation
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Water & Sanitation
Law and Global Health: Current Legal Issues
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Sep 2014
An Agenda for Normative Policy Analysis in the Study of Global Health Governance
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Benjamin Mason Meier JD, LLM, PhD
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Global Health Governance
Health & Human Rights
Global Health Law
Health Topics
COVID-19
HIV/AIDS
Tobacco Control & Environmental Health
U.S. Health Policy
Water & Sanitation
Women's & Children's Health