Bridging international law and rights-based litigation: Mapping health-related rights through the development of the global health and human rights database

Health and Human Rights

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Meier, Benjamin Mason ^a   Cabrera, Oscar A ^b   Ayala, Ana ^b   Gostin, Lawrence O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGISLATION AS TOPIC; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84863707472     PISSN: 10790969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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