Facts & Figures

Unique centre in the Netherlands focusing on the health dimensions of public international law

Multidisciplinary research team addressing the interface between public international law, human rights law, domestic health law, public health and social medicine

The team includes 15 researchers from the Faculty of Law, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), other Universities in the Netherlands, and participants from civil society

Specific expertise in health-related rights, access to essential medicines, tobacco control, non-communicable diseases, reproductive health, and accountability in the health field

Five on-going PhD projects

LLM course ‘international health law’ and summer course on ‘non-communicable diseases and the law’

Publications in leading international and national academic journals

Contributes to the Groningen Centre for Law and Governance

Contributes to one of the key areas of research of the University of Groningen – Healthy Ageing