22 September 2015 - Human rights-based approaches and domestic legal responses to NCDs: lessons learned

Human rights-based approaches and domestic legal responses to NCDs: lessons learned, in collaboration with t he International Development Law Organization (IDLO) and Working Group on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. This expert meeting will focus on the relationship between non-communicable diseases and human rights. Using lessons from global responses to HIV/AIDS, we will be addressing how using the language and framework of international human rights can help to identify state responsibility and engage multiple actors to effectively respond to the global challenges being posed by non-communicable diseases, in particular obesity and diabetes.