Archive: 2014

Ana Paula de Barcellos Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/2 Abstract Public law litigation has been used in many places to advance human rights related to health. In Brazil, such lawsuits usually request that the government pay for pharmaceuticals…

Daniel Alzate Mora Published September 23, 2014 This essay presents a critical view of the standard interpretation of the Constitutional Court of Colombia’s (the Court’s) role in health litigation. Although at first glance Colombia represents a…

Promoting Equity in Health: What Role for Courts? Alicia Ely Yamin, JD MPH, Guest Editor Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/2 I am particularly delighted to introduce this special issue on health rights litigation on the 20th anniversary of the…

Namusobya Salima Published September 23, 2014 Strategic litigation in response to human rights violations is an increasing practice around the world.[1] Health rights litigation is undertaken to give effect to the right to the highest attainable…

Giulia Tamayo, 1958-2014 Alicia Ely Yamin Health and Human Rights 2014, 16/2 This issue of Health and Human Rights is dedicated to the memory of Giulia Tamayo. In the course of preparing this special issue for publication, the world lost a…

By Joseph J. Amon Published September 11, 2014 Three databases have launched in recent years that provide information on law, human rights, and health. LawAtlas, the Global Health and Human Rights database, and the Doctors Who Torture…