Foundations of Global Health & Human Rights

Lawrence O. Gostin is University Professor (Georgetown University's highest academic rank), Founding O'Neill Chair in Global Health Law, and Director of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law. Professor Gostin is the Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on National and Global Health Law, and serves on expert WHO advisory committees. He is a Member of the National Academy of Medicine/National Academy of Sciences, Council on Foreign Relations, and Hastings Center. Benjamin Mason Meier is an Associate Professor of Global Health Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Scholar at Georgetown Law School's O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, and a consultant to international organizations, national governments, and nongovernmental organizations. Dr. Meier's interdisciplinary research-at the intersection of global health, international law, and public policy-examines the development, evolution, and application of human rights in global health.

Foreword: Human Rights are Central to Global HealthDr. Tedros Adhanom GhebreyesusIntroduction: Global Health & Human RightsLawrence O. Gostin & Benjamin Mason MeierI. The Human Rights Movement: International Norms and PrinciplesChapter 1. The Birth and Development of Human Rights for HealthBenjamin Mason Meier, Thérèse Murphy & Lawrence O. GostinChapter 2. Global Health Law: Legal Foundations for Social Justice in Public HealthLawrence O. Gostin, Matiangai V. S. Sirleaf & Eric A. FriedmanChapter 3. The Right to Health and Health-Related Human RightsJohn Tobin & Damon BarrettChapter 4. The Rights-Based Approach to HealthFlavia Bustreo & Curtis F.J. DoebblerII. Bringing Rights Home: Tools for Human Rights Implementation and AccountabilityChapter 5. Translating International Law into Domestic Law, Policy, and PracticeGillian MacNaughton & Angela DugerChapter 6. Human Rights Advocacy in Global HealthJoseph J. Amon & Eric A. FriedmanChapter 7. Monitoring and Review to Assess Human Rights ImplementationBenjamin Mason Meier, Hanna Huffstetler & Judith Bueno de MesquitaChapter 8. Justiciability of Human Rights for HealthColleen M. Flood & Bryan ThomasChapter 9. Advancing Human Rights through Global Health GovernanceBenjamin Mason Meier, Margherita Marianna Cinà & Lawrence O. GostinIII. Contemporary Applications: Healthy People, Healthy PopulationsChapter 10. Communicable Diseases, Health Security, and Human Rights: From AIDS to EbolaSharifah Sekalala & John HarringtonChapter 11. Human Rights and Non-Communicable Diseases: Controlling Tobacco and Promoting Healthy DietsBrigit Toebes & David PattersonChapter 12. The Emergence of "New" Health- Related Human Rights: Recognizing the Human Rights to Water and SanitationBenjamin Mason Meier & Inga T. WinklerChapter 13. Chronic Illness: Disability and Mental HealthOliver Lewis & Soumitra PathareChapter 14. Equity in Health: Sexual and Reproductive Health and RightsTerry McGovern & Aziza AhmedIV. New Challenges: Human Rights to Advance Public Health in a Globalizing EraChapter 15. Health and Human Rights through Global Development: The Right to Development, Rights-Based Approach to Development, and Sustainable Development GoalsStephen P. Marks & Alice HanChapter 16. International Trade, Public Health, and Human RightsChuang-Feng Wu & Chien-Huei WuChapter 17. Health & Human Rights in Conflict and EmergenciesDabney P. Evans, Edward L. Queen & Lara S. MartinChapter 18. Human Subjects in Globalized Health ResearchAndrés Constantin & Roberto AndornoChapter 19. The Environment, a Changing Climate, and Planetary HealthAlexandra PhelanChapter 20. Global Health & Human Rights in the Age of PopulismLawrence O. Gostin, Andrés Constantin & Benjamin Mason MeierConclusion