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Global Health Law: A Definition And Grand Challenges, Lawrence O. Gostin, Allyn L. Taylor
Global Health Law: A Definition And Grand Challenges, Lawrence O. Gostin, Allyn L. Taylor
O'Neill Institute Papers
It has been only recently that scholars have engaged in a serious discussion of "public health law." This academic discourse examines the role of the state and civil society in health promotion and disease prevention within the country. There is an important emerging literature on the international dimensions of health, but no similar systematic definition and exposition of a field we call "global health law." In this article we aim to fill this gap by defining global health law and characterizing the grand challenges. Given the rapid and expanding globalization that is a defining feature of today's world, the need …
Global Health Law: Health In A Global Community, Lawrence O. Gostin
Global Health Law: Health In A Global Community, Lawrence O. Gostin
O'Neill Institute Papers
The examination of public health law traditionally focuses on constitutions, statutes, regulations, and common law at the national and sub-national level. However, the determinants of health (e.g., pathogens, air, food, water, even lifestyle choices) do not originate solely within national borders. Health threats inexorably spread to neighboring countries, regions, and even continents. Peoples’ lives are profoundly affected by commerce, politics, science, and technology from all over the world. Global integration and interdependence occur “as capital, traded goods, persons, concepts, images, ideas, and values diffuse across state boundaries.” It is for this reason that law and policy need to be transnational, …
The 2008 Ruggie Report: A Framework For Business And Human Rights, Christiana Ochoa
The 2008 Ruggie Report: A Framework For Business And Human Rights, Christiana Ochoa
Articles by Maurer Faculty
In June 2008, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, John Ruggie, submitted the final report of his initial three-year mandate. The Report, titled Protect, Respect and Remedy: A Framework for Business and Human Rights, provides a governance-based set of findings and recommendations on the issue of business and human rights. This essay provides a concise description and brief analysis of the Report.