Groningen Centre for Health Law

On November 9th, 2015, a court decision is expected in the case concerning the close ties between the Dutch Government and the tobacco industry.

This year’s U4 network cluster conference is organized from 4 till 6 November 2015 in congress center Het Kasteel  in Groningen, the Netherlands.

The Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa has caused over 11,000 reported deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) has been widely criticized for its late response to the outbreak and has pledged to reform its organization.

Netherlands School of Human Rights Research Conference: Human Rights Research Methods

Affordable medicines are a decisive factor in access to treatment in the European Union (EU). Drug prices are highly influenced by a medicine’s patent protection, which is argued to stimulate medical innovation to bring patients the medicines they need.

Yesterday, a main Dutch news paper, the NRC, reported that 13 Dutch big and small development organizations and private companies, united in the ‘Dutch Approach for Clean Cooking Solutions’, have asked for or support that the Dutch government continue to sponsor clean cooking stove alternatives in developing countries, partially because the effects for climate change would be positive.

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a potential free trade agreement under negotiation between the EU and the US. In theory, the primary goals of the proposed agreement are to reform regulatory processes and promote economic growth.

The Global Health Law Groningen Research Centre is accepting a Masters thesis student for the multidisciplinary topic Access to medicines in Europe: A human rights approach to medicines reimbursement.

Get research experience in access to medicines & human rights: GHLG is recruiting students for country case studies

For our report to be submitted to the UN Office of the High Commission of Human Rights we are looking for one or more students to research references to climate change in concluding observations in Concluding Observations of UN treaty bodies.