Evolving Ethics: A Legal Odyssey in Italy's Journey with Assisted Suicide
| Date: | 26 February 2024 |
Ruggero Leotta - In most jurisdictions, aiding in end-of-life matters can result in criminal prosecution.
Smoke-Filled Lungs in Exchange for a Meal: (Rural) Women and Children’s Health at Risk
| Date: | 14 February 2024 |
Sally Duinmaijer - Picture a small, poorly ventilated, smoke-filled room with a woman, with a child strapped to her back, bent over the cookstove as she prepares a meal for her family atop a three-stone fireplace.
Placing a spotlight on information accessibility in accessing health services
| Date: | 13 February 2024 |
Monique van Cauwenberghe - How a lack of foresight in Australia’s COVID-19 pandemic response exposed a gap in measures to protecting the right to health.
Non-mandatory sex education in Italy: women’s health at risk
| Date: | 23 May 2023 |
Sophie Girardini - Growing up in Italy, my knowledge on sex, contraception and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) was limited and worrying. During an exchange year to a more Southern school, I realized the magnitude of the problem.
What a mental time: an invisible crisis among students in the Netherlands
| Date: | 18 April 2023 |
Renée Emma Jonkhoff - In the Netherlands, an invisible crisis is developing among students. This crisis generates from untreated mental health issues, fuelled by lacking availability of mental healthcare facilities and a lack of access to such facilities for students.
The Fallpauschale – Why Hospitals like Artificial Joints more than Sick Children
| Date: | 06 March 2023 |
Matthias Knöll - Recently, Germany has debated a new reform of its health care system to remedy some of the worst outcomes of the market-based reforms introduced around 20 years ago, leading to, amongst other things, over-invasive treatment, and difficulties in financing the treatment of children.
Nepal’s Struggle and Progress in Ensuring the Right to Mental Health
| Date: | 28 February 2023 |
Rashmi Lamichhane - The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted how a natural disaster can lead to a significant increase, namely by 25%, in the global prevalence of mental disorders, particularly the global prevalence of anxiety and depression. Nepal was no exception to this phenomenon.
The right to mental healthcare in Italian prisons: obligations of Italy under the AAAQ framework
| Date: | 21 February 2023 |
Sofia Vanzan - In 2022, Italian detention facilities registered the highest number of suicides of the last ten years. A total of 84 detainees decided to end their life because of the unbearable distress caused by detention and the lack of prospects for the future.
Outdated as it enters into force: the modernised Finnish Act on legal gender affirmation
| Date: | 09 February 2023 |
Micaela Peltoniemi - The treatment of transgender people has been one of the most visible shortcomings in Finnish human rights protection. The barriers to accessing legal and medical transition have been widely criticized, given that Finland’s laws on transitioning have been significantly behind its Nordic peers.
Het politieke en morele leiderschap van de overheid bij het recht op abortus
| Date: | 25 July 2022 |
Janey Huibers - De overheid wil abortus toegankelijker maken door huisartsen de bevoegdheid te geven de abortuspil voor te schrijven en door de bedenktermijn af te schaffen.