Three Recommendations on Digital Technologies and Data Privacy for the WHO Pandemic Agreement
Although digital technologies for health can help fulfil the right to health, they also pose specific risks which must be recognised and mitigated.
Archive: Apr 2024
Challenging Abortion Rights: Proposed Legislation in Italy
Daniel Pizzolato, Dorothea Chatzikonstantinou, and Alice Cavolo
Access to abortion is guaranteed by law in Italy but in practice such access can be difficult to achieve. In October 2022, legislation was proposed that could undermine current abortion…
The Council of Europe’s Underrated Role in Fostering Equitable Access to Quality Health Care in Times of Pandemic
Vol 26/1, 2024, pp. 45-56 PDF
Éloïse Gennet
Abstract
Different Council of Europe organs have been attentive and reactive to specific human rights issues in the COVID-19 context, quickly alerting on the risks of inequitable access to…
To Achieve a Healthier World, Global Health Law and Policy Must Be Grounded in Human Rights
Vol 26/1, 2024, pp. 159-164 PDF
BOOK REVIEW
David Patterson
Global Health Law and Policy: Ensuring Justice for a Healthier World, edited by Lawrence O. Gostin and Benjamin Mason Meier (Oxford University Press, 2024)
Global Health Law…