Global Health Law Consortium

OPEN ACCESS: Pedro A. Villarreal on ‘Commentary: The World Health Organization and the International Health Regulations of 2005: from emergency management to public health risk governance’ in issue 2 of JGHL 👉 https://lnkd.in/eqWuhHb6

On Tuesday, March 4, member Brigit Toebes will give a lecture in collaboration with study association ELSA Groningen. The lecture starts at 6:00 PM in the Lokin Room of the Röling Building and has the theme 'Health law: why do we care?'. Registration is required and can be done via the QR code in the image below.

Join us in convo for a hybrid panel discussion Towards Transformation in Global Health? on February 27th at 11:30AM (EST) Register here: https://lnkd.in/eRRaAVhd This critical discussion is cosponsored by the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Journal of International Law, in collaboration with the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) Center for Global Engagement and the Law & Health Care Program at the University of Maryland School of Law. It will consider how ongoing reform efforts in global health can be structured to address health inequalities, including inequities in the medicines system worldwide. Panelists will consider topics like the transformational potential of the Amendments to the International Health Regulations of 2005 and efforts to draft an international treaty for pandemic preparedness.This important conversation will serve as a catalyst for analyzing and reimagining the role of global health. We have a formidable line-up of speakers to discuss the path forward for global public health, including: Roberta Andraghetti, Technical Officer, International Health Regulations Secretariat, World Health Organization Roojin Habibi, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, University of Ottawa Fifa A. Rahman, Principal Consultant, Matahari Clare Wenham, Associate Professor of Global Health Policy, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science Moderator: Matiangai Sirleaf, Nathan Patz Professor of Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine Lunch will be provided for in person registrants. If you are attending in-person, please register by February 24 so we can plan accordingly. If you prefer to attend virtually, you can register for the event using the same link. A webinar link will be sent to you in a separate email 48 hours before the event begins.

Really looking forward to joining Matiangai Sirleaf, Clare Wenham, Dr Fifa A Rahman and Roberta Andraghetti in Baltimore this Thursday. With pandemic accord negotiations heading towards a final session, shockwaves in global health in recent months, and the wrap-up of the 156th WHO Executive Board session, this conversation could not be more timely. Thanks to Maryland Journal of International Law and the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) partners for offering space for this discussion. Register to join in person or online ⬇️

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Congratulations to Professor Matiangai Sirleaf. The American Society of International Law has awarded her book Race and National Security (Oxford University Press, 2023) the Certificate of Merit for High Technical Craftsmanship and Utility to Lawyers and Scholars. The book awards committee wrote, "The editorial efforts led by Sirleaf and the compelling contributions of the chapter authors have created an original contribution to national security and international law that will prove generative to the study and practice of this field for many years to come." https://lnkd.in/eZ_MVZjS

Last December, I went to the annual meeting of the Global Health Law Consortium in Berlin and joined a collaborative community of scholars passionated about global health. Yesterday, Healthcare Business Ethics (Yale University Political Science, EPE Program) had a fantastic conversation with Consortium member, Safura Abdool Karim (Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and John Hopkins University). We discussed her latest publication “Recognizing the ethical complexity of food policies and the role of the food industry” (https://lnkd.in/e-wrmRu5) and reflect on the relevance of ethical and political economy frameworks applied to food industry policies. Who is ultimately benefiting from the “individual choice” dominant approach shaping the food system? As usual with thought-provoking conversations, we ran out of time and left with challenging reflections. Thank you for joining our classroom, Safura!

Was thrilled to join Ximena Benavides Reverditto in her course at Yale University to lecture on food politics and ethics. I was privileged to connect with Dr Benavides over her wonderful work on vaccine inequity through the Global Health Law Consortium last year and am thrilled to have her join my class at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health next week.

Invitation to 2025 GCHL Blog Post Series! Members Gabriel Armas-Cardona, Esq. and David Patterson have co-authored the first blog in a new GCHL series. Following the January 2025 US government withdrawal from global health governance, programmes and funding, this post invites commentaries which reflect on how health law researchers and practitioners could respond at institutional, national, European and global levels. As we all adjust, are there opportunities in the current crisis? The goal of this series is to provide a space to discuss new challenges and opportunities. Please contact the coordinators with your blog post proposal or draft for the first round of posts by 31 March. Read the full post here: https://lnkd.in/eKXrEj6f #health #WHO #globalhealth #healthsystems #healthlaw

In these difficult times, the international human rights system needs to be a bulwark against the tide of regressive policies from the zuS and other countries