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This article tracks the shifting place of the international right to health, and human rights-
based approaches to health, in the scholarly literature and United Nations (UN). From 1993 …

Introduction 70 years ago, Eleanor Roosevelt grounded human rights “in small places, close
to home (...) the places where every man, woman, and child seeks equal justice and dignity” …

We are used to thinking of human rights as a matter for state governments to deal with. Much
less investigated is the question of what cities do with them, even though urban communities …

In the 2008 report Closing the gap in a generation, the Commission on the Social
Determinants of Health (CSDH) described “fair employment and decent work” as …

The World Health Organization (WHO) has long been criticized for its human rights efforts—
for failing to hold states to account due to its political member state structure and its reliance …

The COVID-19 pandemic has massively accelerated a global shift toward new digital
technologies in health, a trend underway before the crisis. In response to the pandemic …

This article attempts to provide an overall assessment of the current process of
strengthening the human rights treaty body system in the light of the implementation of UN …

The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)(Fig 1), establishing a human
rights foundation under the United Nations (UN), has become a cornerstone of global health …

To date the mainstreaming of equality and human rights law into public sector organisations
has been underwhelming with the implementation of these norms being ad hoc and …