Archive: Mar 2022

Capturing and Preserving Health Rights Expertise

There have been four Special Rapporteurs on the right to health since the mandate was established by the then UN Human Rights Committee in 2002, and throughout each tenure a considerable volume of reports and letters is generated. These independent…

In Memory of Paul Farmer who Believed the Future Could be Different

Joseph J. Amon and Carmel Williams On February 21, 2022, the Health and Human Rights Journal Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Paul Farmer, MD PhD, died in his sleep while working in Rwanda. In addition to his role at the Journal which he had held since 2008,…