Health & Human Rights

Human rights are essential to global health. The inextricable linkages between global health and human rights have given rise to the interdisciplinary field of “health and human rights.” Through this field, human rights offer universal frameworks to advance justice in global health under international law, elaborating the freedoms and entitlements necessary to realize dignity for all.
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Gillings School of Global Public Health
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Dec 2018
Reflecting on 70 Years of Human Rights in Public Health
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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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Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana
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Oct 2018
Global Health Advancement through Human Rights Accountability: An Academic Imperative for Empirical Research
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Public Health Ethics, Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana
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Oct 2018
Human Rights in Global Health
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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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BMJ Global Health
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Oct 2018
Towards Universal Health Coverage: Including Undocumented Migrants
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U.S. Health Policy
College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Sep 2018
Human Rights in Tobacco Control
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Tobacco Control & Environmental Health
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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Women in Global Health
Public Engagement
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Jul 2018
Engaging Men in the Gender Equality discussion: a conversation with Dr. Benjamin Mason Meier
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Women's & Children's Health
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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Journal of Human Rights and the Environment
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Mar 2018
A ‘Burning Opportunity’ for Human Rights: Using Human Rights as a Catalyst for Policies to Mitigate the Health Risk of Household Air Pollution
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Tobacco Control & Environmental Health
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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Health & Human Rights
Public Engagement
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Nov 2017
Advancing the Right to Health in the AIDS Response: An Evolving Movement and an Uncertain Future
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HIV/AIDS
American Public Health Association, Atlanta, Georgia
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Nov 2017
Applying Human Rights as a Catalyst for Policies to Mitigate the Public Health Risk of Household Air Pollution
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Tobacco Control & Environmental Health
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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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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Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York
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Jun 2017
Analyzing Moral Determinants of Health (Acceptance Speech for 2017 Outstanding Recent Alumni Award)
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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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Expert Consultation Group to the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights to Water and Sanitation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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May 2017
Human Rights to Water and Sanitation and Development Cooperation
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Water & Sanitation
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
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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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Public Health Reviews
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Mar 2017
A Human Rights Approach to the Health Implications of Food and Nutrition Insecurity
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Oxford Handbook of Water Politics and Policy
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Mar 2017
Monitoring the Progressive Realization of Human Rights to Water and Sanitation: Frontier Analysis as a Basis for Human Rights Accountability
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Water & Sanitation
New York University, New York, New York
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Feb 2017
Human Rights in Global Health Governance
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Center for Reproductive Rights, New York, New York
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Feb 2017
Public Health Boot Camp
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Women's & Children's Health
Localization in Development Aid
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Dec 2016
Framing the Position of Social Media in the Local Institutionalization of International Human Rights Norms
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University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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Nov 2016
Human Rights and Ethics in Advancing Global Health and Justice
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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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The Lancet
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Aug 2016
Bigotry, Bills, and Medicine: Lessons from the USA
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U.S. Health Policy
The Sustainable Development Goals and the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health’s Upcoming Report, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
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Jun 2016
Accountability Mechanisms for the Human Right to Health
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Ethical, Legal and Policy Challenges in HIV Research with Key Populations, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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Jun 2016
Creating Synergy in Human Rights Work and Health Research
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HIV/AIDS
Health and Human Rights: An International Journal
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Jun 2016
The Paradox of Happiness: Health and Human Rights in the Kingdom of Bhutan
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Health & Human Rights
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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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Red Tie Affair, GlobeMed, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Nov 2015
How the Human Right to Health Catalyzed the Global HIV/AIDS Response
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HIV/AIDS
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Nov 2015
Big Pharma, Patents & Public Policy: Essential Medicines & Human Rights
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HIV/AIDS
Journal of the International AIDS Society
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Nov 2015
Employing Human Rights Frameworks to Realize Access to an HIV Cure
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HIV/AIDS
Duke Global Health Law Symposium, Duke Law School, Durham, North Carolina
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Nov 2015
Human Rights Accountability for Global Health Advancement (Keynote Address)
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American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
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Nov 2015
Human Rights Research for Public Health Promotion
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The Daily Tar Heel
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Oct 2015
Human Rights Combines with Public Health in Lecture
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Health & Human Rights Symposium, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Oct 2015
Implementing the Human Right to Health: The Public Policy Challenges to Come
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Oxford Global Health and Bioethics International Conference, Oxford University, Oxford, England
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Sep 2015
Understanding National Policy Efforts to Implement Ethical Norms of the Human Right to 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
The Globalization of Development, Hanover, Germany
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Jul 2015
The Role of @SocialMedia in the Local Institutionalization of #HumanRights Norms
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Law & Society Conference, Seattle, Washington
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May 2015
Human Rights Accountability through Treaty Bodies
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Health and Human Rights: An International Journal
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May 2015
Evolving Human Rights and the Science of Antiretroviral Medicine
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HIV/AIDS
Ethics Around the Table, Parr Center for Ethics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Apr 2015
Realizing the International Human Right to Health through U.S. Health Care Policy
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U.S. Health Policy
UNICEF at UNC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Mar 2015
The Role of UNICEF in Promoting Human Rights in Water and Sanitation Policy
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Water & Sanitation
Bioethics at UNC, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Mar 2015
Human Rights Accountability through Treaty Bodies: Examining Human Rights Treaty Monitoring for Water and Sanitation
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Water & Sanitation
Boston College Law School, Newton Centre, Massachusetts
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Mar 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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International Conference on Stigma, Washington, DC
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Nov 2014
The Evolution of Human Rights in the Global HIV/AIDS Response
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HIV/AIDS
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
Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
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Nov 2014
The Pan American Health Organization & the Mainstreaming of Human Rights in Regional Health Governance
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HIV/AIDS
Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Cape Town, South Africa
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Oct 2014
Social Participation to Realise the Right to Health: A Comparative Case Study of Rights-Based Participation in Health Systems
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University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Sep 2014
U.S. Efforts to Realise the Right to Health: The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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U.S. Health Policy
Health Law Professors Conference, San Francisco
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Jun 2014
International Legal Accountability through UN Treaty Bodies
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Unintended and Intended Implications of HIV Cure: A Social and Ethical Analysis, Brocher Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland
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May 2014
Employing Human Rights Frameworks to Define Government Obligations, Allocate Scarce Resources, and Engage Civil Society in Realizing Access to an HIV Cure
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HIV/AIDS
Journal of Human Rights Practice
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Mar 2014
Examining the Practice of Developing Human Rights Indicators to Facilitate Accountability for the Human Right to Water and Sanitation
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Water & Sanitation
Public Health
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Feb 2014
The Evolution of Human Rights in World Health Organization Policy and the Future of Human Rights Through Global Health Governance
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Science and Engineering Ethics
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Jan 2014
Translating the Human Right to Water and Sanitation into Public Policy Reform
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Water & Sanitation
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts
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Nov 2013
US Efforts to Realize the Right to Health Through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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U.S. Health Policy
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts
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Nov 2013
Evolution of Human Rights Law in World Health Organization Policy and the Future of Human Rights Law in Global Health Governance
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United Nations Headquarters, New York, New York
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Oct 2013
Launch Event, Global Health and Human Rights Database
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United Nations Headquarters, New York, New York
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Oct 2013
Developing the Global Health and Human Rights Database
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Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development
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Oct 2013
Rights-Based Indicators Regarding Non-Discrimination and Equity in Access to Water and Sanitation
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HIV/AIDS
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Sep 2013
Press Release, Water, sanitation and inequality: Leading human rights expert Catarina de Albuquerque will deliver this year’s UNC Health and Human Rights Lecture,
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Water & Sanitation
Assembling Health Rights in Global Contest: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives
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Sep 2013
The Political Evolution of Health as a Human Right: Conceptualizing Public Health under International Law, 1940s-1990s
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Health and Human Rights: An International Journal
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Sep 2013
Human Rights Provide Justification for the Health in All Policies Approach
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Health and Human Rights: An International Journal
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Sep 2013
Global Health Rights: Employing Human Rights to Develop and Implement the Framework Convention on Global Health
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Global Health Disparities: A Narrative Approach
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Sep 2013
Perspectives from the Field: An Interview with Benjamin Meier
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Journal of the Historical Society
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Jun 2013
Making Health a Human Right: The World Health Organization and the United Nations Programme on Human Rights and Scientific and Technological Developments
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Global Health & Innovation Conference, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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Apr 2013
Advancing Global Health and Human Rights in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
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WASH & Global Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Apr 2013
Human Rights in Water Policy
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Water & Sanitation
Heels in the Field Lecture Series, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Mar 2013
Human Rights in Global Health: From HIV Drugs to Clean Water
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HIV/AIDS
Water & Sanitation
Working Toward Water Justice in North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina,
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Mar 2013
The Human Right to Water: An Evolving Human Right and the Development of Rights-Based Indicators
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Water & Sanitation
Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Washington, DC
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Mar 2013
Advancing Global Health through Human Rights Accountability for a Framework Convention on Global Health
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Public Health: Politics and Policy, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Masters of Public Health Program
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Mar 2013
Global Health & the Politics of Human Rights
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Human Rights Law Review
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Jan 2013
US Efforts to Realise the Right to Health through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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U.S. Health Policy
Human Rights to Water and Sanitation: From Theory to Practice, Harvard University Radcliffe Exploratory Seminar, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Dec 2012
Developing Indicators for the Human Right(s) to Water and Sanitation: Exploring the Politics of Indicator-Based Accountability
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Water & Sanitation
Public Health Ethics
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Dec 2012
Conceptualizing a Human Right to Prevention in Global HIV/AIDS Policy
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HIV/AIDS
World Health Organization
Public Engagement
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Oct 2012
Correspondence with Health in All Policies Consultation Group
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Water Policy
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Sep 2012
Implementing an Evolving Human Right Through Water and Sanitation Policy
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Water & Sanitation
Benjamin Mason Meier JD, LLM, PhD
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Global Health Governance
Health & Human Rights
Global Health Law
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Tobacco Control & Environmental Health
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Women's & Children's Health