other concerning the right to health (a right of access to essential medicines). As a result of these conflicts …

(TRIPS) in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the human right to health. The paper shows that the TRIPS agreement is in … conflict with the human right to health as contained in human rights treaties such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights … safeguarding the human right to health. The WTO member countries have taken steps in order to mitigate the adverse impact that the …

This paper analyses the impact of new institutional structures in global health governance on the realization of social … rights in poor countries. Meanwhile, health is broadly seen as an import precondition for social and economic development … related diseases. The paper concludes that global health governance is characterized by a combination of moral values and …

This paper explores methods of achieving linkage in international law between the human right to health and the World … gross violations of any rights including health, and place reasonable limits on all human conduct (including trade) to … protect human health and life. It turns to historical support for these assertions, including recent de facto recognition that …

population health. In response, human rights and public health communities have employed impact assessments to provide decision … paper we explore and contrast human rights and health impact assessments conducted in Thailand and Peru respectively during … trade negotiations with the United States, to elucidate broader lessons for conducting human rights and health impact …

Rights (TRIPS Agreement) and Public Health adopted by the World Trade Organization, we realize that its impact is beyond … issues of public health stricto sensu. The Doha Declaration has inspired discussions at the Council for TRIPS regarding … effects on public health, especially for the vulnerable communities in the Global-South. The main argument of the proponents …