Venezuela: lack of access to safe water aggravates the COVID-19 pandemic
An opinion piece by Carlos Lusverti, ICJ Latin America consultant. (more…)
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ICJ calls on High Commissioner’s Office to guarantee transparency and participation in its activities in Venezuela
Today, the ICJ called on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to guarantee transparency and participation in its activities in Venezuela in an oral statement delivered during the interactive dialogue on the oral update by the UN’s High Commissioner of Human Rights on Venezuela. (more…)
Eswatini: ICJ publishes paper on Swazi women’s right to health during COVID-19 pandemic
On International Women’s Day 2021, the ICJ publishes a paper considering the ways in which women in Eswatini face systematic discrimination in laws and practices, in violation of the country’s obligations under international human rights law with respect to women and girls’ right to health, including sexual and reproductive health. (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…)