Using human rights to promote health and wellbeing: opportunities and challenges

Monica Day, Master of International Peace and Conflict Resolution Haley Castle-Miller, Master of International Peace and Conflict Resolution Alex Otieno, Assistant Professor Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice This session will focus on two cases (role of philanthropy and public-private partnerships and situation of forced migrants) to illustrate the opportunities and challenges of using human rights to advance the right to the highest attainable standard of health in the context of globalization and neoliberalism. Participants will be able to understand the link between health and human rights with a focus on duty bearers and rights holders and be exposed to the idea of indivisibility of rights. Submit a Question to Monica, Haley and Alex