Archive: 2015

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (second left); Christiana Figueres (left); Laurent Fabius (second right) and François Hollande (right) celebrate after the historic adoption of Paris Agreement on climate change. Alison Blaiklock  During the long…

Eugene T. Richardson, Mohamed Bailor Barrie, J. Daniel Kelly, Yusupha Dibba, Songor Koedoyoma, and Paul E. Farmer Abstract Despite more than 25 documented outbreaks of Ebola since 1976, our understanding of the disease is limited, in particular the…

Lindsey Dyer Health and Human Rights 17/2 Published December 10, 2015 Abstract  This article provides the background to an analysis of the Human Rights in Healthcare Programme in England and Wales. Using evidence from source materials,…

Jeannie Samuel and Ariel Frisancho Health and Human Rights 17/2 Published December 10, 2015 Abstract  This paper discusses a human rights-based initiative developed in Puno, Peru, in which indigenous women seek to address problems with…

Gillian MacNaughton, Fiona Haigh, Mariah McGill, Konstantinos Koutsioumpas, and Courtenay Sprague Health and Human Rights 17/2 Published December 10, 2015 Abstract In 2010, Vermont adopted a new law embracing human rights principles as…

Jashodhara Dasgupta, Y. K. Sandhya, Samantha Lobis, Pravesh Verma, and Marta Schaaf Health and Human Rights 17/2 Published December 10, 2015 Abstract  My Health, My Voice is a human rights-based project that pilots the use of technology to…