[hr-education] Advancing the Right to Health Course (London, October-November 2003)

Dear Colleagues,

I'm pleased to tell you that PHR-UK is repeating its highly successful
course on the Right to Health in the fall semester.

Please pass this on to anyone you think might be
interested and remind them to book early, as places are limited.

Bernie

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Ten week course on the Right to Health
Starting Thursday, October 2,
6:30 - 8:30 PM
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

ADVANCING THE RIGHT TO HEALTH
THROUGH LITIGATION AND LOBBYING

"Since the beginning of this millennium, the human rights movement has
witnessed extraordinary developments in advancing the right to health,
giving us an excellent opportunity to promote and protect the health of
populations throughout the world."
	-Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General, WHO

Reflecting universal values, every country in the world is now party to at
least one human rights treaty which contain key provisions relevant to the
battle towards securing health and prosperity world-wide.

CME approval applied for.

Course Tutors:

Bernie Hamilton MA., LLM. and Dr. Peter Hall MBBS, MRCPI, DGM

Syllabus:

Week 1. Introduction to Human Rights

Week 2. The status of the right to health at global, regional & domestic levels

Week 3. Lobbying the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Week 4. Case Study: PHR-UK and Article 12 the Right to Health

Week 5. The Right to Health and International Financial Institutions

Week 6. UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health and other Charter Mechanisms

Week 7. World Health Organisation and UNAIDS

Week 8. Regional Mechanisms and the Right to Health

Week 9. Domestic litigation and the Rights to Health

Week 10. Conclusions

For further details, please contact:

Dr. Peter Hall - PHR-UK, 91 Harlech Road, Abbots Langley, Herts WD5 0BE
Tel: 077707-96609
E-Mail: phall@gn.apc.org



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