HHR Journal

News to 13 June 2026 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now Health as an enabler of dignity In her final report to the HRC Special Rapporteur on the right to health Tlaleng Mofokeng returns to the issue she identified at the start of her…

News to 6 June 2026 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now Attacks on health are a feature of modern conflicts The Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition report on violence against health care in conflict for 2025, published this week,…

Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 203-205 PDF Bram Wispelwey The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism: (Un)uttered Sentences, by Margareta Matache (Routledge, 2026) While Margareta (Magda) Matache’s The Permanence of Anti-Roma Racism: (Un)uttered Sentences is…

Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 155-166  PDF Young Su Park, Doris Shroeder, Orla Drummond, and Ock-Joo Kim Abstract Informed consent is both a foundational principle of research ethics and a human right grounded in self-determination and bodily integrity.…

Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 85-103 PDF Rula Ghandour, Abdullatif Husseini, Shiraz Nasr, and Rita Giacaman Abstract The well-being of Palestinians living under prolonged Israeli occupation is deeply conditioned by the structures of deprivation and…

Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 71-84  PDF Janani Shanthosh, Georgia White, Emma Feeny, Shiming Zheng, Uday Adavi, Jane Hirst, Nadia Mohd Rasidi, Bronwyn Pithey, and Anna Palagyi Abstract Globally, gender inequality is deepening, with nearly 40% of…

EDITORIAL, Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 41-45 PDF Joseph J. Amon and Carmel Williams In his 1970 book Exit, Voice, and Loyalty, economist Albert Hirschman observed that “under any economic, social, or political system, individuals, business firms, and…

CHILDREN’S RIGHT TO HEALTH, VIEWPOINT,  Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 7-9  PDF Mourice Onyango Okuon and Rita Babirye A recent ruling by the High Court of Kenya in HSO, AMO TA & Another v. Attorney General and 3 Others on May 20, 2026, has exposed…

CHILDREN’S RIGHT TO HEALTH, EDITORIAL, Vol 28/1, 2026, pp. 1-6 PDF Michael Garcia Bochenek Children worldwide face challenges threatening their human right to health. The Ebola outbreak, the dismantling of the United States Agency for…

News to 30 May 2026 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now World Health Assembly focuses on equity… The 79th World Health Assembly, held in Geneva under the theme “Reshaping global health: a shared responsibility,” concluded this week…

News to 23 May 2026 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now WHO declares emergency over Ebola outbreak… The World Health Organization declared the Ebola disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public health…

Mohammad S Razai, Maide Baris, Hossein Dabbagh, and Muhammad Asghari The US-Israeli strikes on universities, schools, research centres, and hospitals in Iran are attacks on the civilian systems that sustain the functioning of a society. The rhetoric…

Marie L. Churchill, Emily A. Knapp, Alexander D. McCourt, Nandita Somayaji, Courtney K. Blackwell, Lyndsay A. Avalos, Kelly A. Hirko, Kaja Z. LeWinn, Johnnye Lewis, Yeyi Zhu, Alison E. Hipwell, Margaret R. Karagas, Kristen Lyall, Jody M. Ganiban, Nigel…

News to 16 May 2026 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now 79th World Health Assembly this week This week (18–23 May 2026) global leaders meet in Geneva to debate pandemic preparedness, digital health, and expanding Universal Health Coverage…

Benjamin Mason Meier and Darby McBride  Abstract The United States stands apart from other nations in opposing the right to health under international law, with longstanding conservative opposition to a human right to health holding back policy…

Governing Difference: Traditional Peoples’ Rights and the Institutionalization of Traditional Medicine in South America Pedro Crepaldi Carlessi, Vitor Henrique Pinto Ido, and Islândia Maria Carvalho de Sousa   Abstract Since the 1970s,…

BOOK REVIEW Audrey R. Chapman Social Injustice and Public Health, fourth edition, edited by Barry S. Levy (Oxford University Press, 2026) Social Injustice and Public Health is a comprehensive collection of 31 essays, each written by leading…

News to 8 May 2026 Authoritarianism is speeding up the climate crisis The global expansion of authoritarian rule is accelerating the climate crisis, as these leaders recommit to fossil fuels, cut global funding for climate mitigation and…

News to 1 May 2026 Stay up-to-date: join our email list now WHO reports improvements despite funding crisis The World Health Organization’s 2025 Results Report highlights measurable improvements in people’s health worldwide in 2025,…

VIEWPOINT, 6 May 2026 Jessica Oga, Moses Mulumba, Stuart Ssebibubbu, Fatina Mwebe, and Nimrod Muhumuza On April 24, 2026, the Kenyan Court of Appeal at Malindi reinstated criminal proceedings against a 17-year-old girl who had received…