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By HHR editorial assistant Krista Oehlke Posted September 20, 2013 On September 4, Human Rights Watch urged Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai to “redouble efforts” to implement the 2009 Law of Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW…

By HHR editorial assistant Krista Oehlke Posted September 5, 2013 The World Health Organization has called for continued investment in local and global research toward the advancement of universal health coverage. “World health report…

The Human Right to Water: Significance, Legal Status and Implications for Water Allocation Inga T. Winkler Hart Publishing (June 2012) ISBN: 9781849462839 376 pages $104.00 By HHR editorial assistant Krista Oehlke Inga T. Winkler’s new text on the right…

In a recent blog post, our colleagues at The O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University report on a “new frontier” for the access to medicines movement, which follows the expanding prevalence of NCDs in…

By HHR editorial assistant Krista Oehlke Violence against women is a fundamental violation of human rights, and according to a recent WHO report, a “global health problem of epidemic proportions.” The landmark report, conducted in partnership with the…

By HHR editorial assistant Krista Oehlke The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on access to medicines (A/HRC/23/L.10/Rev.1) on June 14. The resolution was adopted by 31 in favor, none against, and 16 abstentions, and follows…