Break the cycle of impunity for rape in Nepal
An opinion piece by Laxmi Pokharel and Boram Jang, International Commission of Jurists Legal Advisors on Access to Justice for Women (more…)
Archive | Op-eds
Human rights and universal access to COVID-19 vaccines: does the Human Rights Council resolution go far enough?
By Tim Fish Hodgson, Legal Adviser on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the International Commission of Jurists and Rossella De Falco, Programme Officer on the Right to Health at Global Initiative on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. (more…)
The aftermath of the Malaysiakini decision
An op-ed by Daron Tan, Legal Consultant at the ICJ Asia & the Pacific Programme (more…)
Vaccine patents: healthy or harmful?
An opinion piece by ICJ Commissioner, Rodrigo Uprimny, asks whether the existing COVID-19 vaccine patenting arrangements favouring the intellectual property interests of pharmaceuticals come at an unacceptable cost to protecting the life and health of millions. Commissioner Uprimny is also Researcher at Dejusticia and member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. […]
Harmonizing global health law and human rights law to develop rights-based approaches to global health emergencies
An opinion piece by Roojin Habibi, Benjamin Mason Meier, Tim Fish Hodgson, Saman Zia-Zarifi, Ian Seiderman & Steven J. Hoffman (more…)
The COVID-19 vaccine demands international and national solidarity
An opinion piece by César Landa, ICJ Commissioner from Peru. (more…)