Celebrating and Cementing Human Rights in Trying Times

The Groningen Centre for Health Law is delighted invite you to the final Key Note Panel Discussion of the Global Health Law Consortium meeting, taking place on 10 December in the House of Connections.

On World Human Rights Day, we celebrate the adoption of the UN Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. The right to health has been long part of international human rights law and is a cornerstone for global health law. Our Key Note Panel Discussion explores the ongoing role of Human Rights in Global Health Law in turbulent times. What are the achievements of human rights for global health so far? Which challenges are still ahead? As human rights are under pressure globally, what is future role for human rights law?

Programme

Key Note Panel: Global Health Law on World Human Rights Day: Celebrating and Cementing Human Rights in Trying Times

Moderated by: Dr. Marlies Hesselman and Prof. Benjamin Mason Meier

• Prof. Lisa Forman (University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Faculty of Law) “The Future of the Right to Health in Turbulent Times”

• Dr. Roojin Habibi (University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law) "Our Rights, Notwithstanding? Rethinking Limits on Rights in an Age of Retrenchment"

• Q&A with Audience and Wrap-Up

About the Groningen Centre for Health Law

The Groningen Centre for Health Law (GCHL) engages with law as it informs the underlying determinants of health. In our research and teaching, we analyze the role of human rights and the right to health in addressing access to quality healthcare services as well as disease prevention and health promotion.

Target Group

We encourage students, scholars, PhD students, legal practitioners, policymakers, public health experts, advocates, and every one else with an interest in global health law to attend this event.

Contact

Please email Tessa Jager (t.j.jager rug.nl) if you have any questions about this event.