How freedom of conscience is putting Portuguese abortion rights atstake
Date: | 30 October 2024 |
On the international plane, termination of a pregnancy is not an independent right in itself, but has been linked to other recognized human rights, namely the right to health enshrined in article 12 of the International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). The right to health is consequently linked to one’s right to sexual and reproductive health.
The time is now: a call for animal rights to promote better health for humankind – a One Health perspective PART I
Date: | 29 May 2024 |
This is part I of a two-part-series of blog posts highlighting the detrimental impacts of the exploitation of animals on human health. Part I utilises the One Health concept to demonstrate the core problems of the anthropocentric relationship with non-human animals.
Animal rights to the rescue: the human right to health from a One Health perspective PART II
Date: | 29 May 2024 |
This is part II of a two-part-series of blog posts highlighting the detrimental impacts of the exploitation of animals on human health. Part II analyses the human right to health and how it supports the introduction of global animal rights.
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.