Under the (legal) radar screen: Global health initiatives and international human rights obligations

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hammonds, Rachel ^a   Ooms, Gorik ^a   Vandenhole, Wouter ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Extraterritorial legal obligations; Global health initiatives; HIV; Human rights; Right to health; The Global Fund to fight AIDS; Transnational legal process; Tuberculosis and Malaria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; EUROPE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INCOME; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868708733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-12-31     Document Type: Article

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