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Book Brief: The Right to Health of the Child

The Right to Health of the Child: An Analytical Exploration of the International Normative Framework S.I. Spronk-van der Meer Intersentia ISBN 978-1-78068-272-3 345 pages $29.95 By Health and Human Rights Journal intern Antonia Chan The Right to…

Dignity Matters: Applying Human Rights Frameworks to Health

Alicia Ely Yamin Alicia Ely Yamin’s TEDx talk “Patterns of health and ill-health are not just the result of biological or behavioral factors, but they are also the results of power relations, and often – as Paul Farmer says – pathologies of…

President Obama’s Clean Power Plan is a Win for Health Rights

By Antonia Chan On Monday, President Obama unveiled a landmark plan to combat climate change: new regulations by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that require states to meet carbon emission reduction standards based on their individual…

The US Lags in Investigating Psychologists Who Torture

By Steven H. Miles, MD The essence of the scandal at the US American Psychological Association (APA) is quite simple. The US Department of Defense (DOD) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) forged a secret partnership with APA leaders to create a…