[psych-hr] Course on Health and Human Rights (London, October-December 2002)

Dear colleagues,

We are running a 10 week course on ADVANCING THE RIGHT TO HEALTH THROUGH
LITIGATION AND LOBBYING at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine.

I append the details below, but anyone interested can find them on
www.phruk.net

I'd be grateful if you could tell anyone you think might be interested.

Best wishes
Bernie.

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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," stated 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 worldwide.

A Physicians for Human Rights-UK ten week evening course Thursdays
6:30  8:30 p.m., October 3 to December 12 at the London School of Hygiene
and Tropical Medicine

CME approval applied for
Course Tutors:
Bernie Hamilton MA., LLM. and
Dr. Peter Hall MBBS, MRCPI, DGM

This course of ten two hour sessions, is designed to provide a grounding in
how ordinary people advance the right to health by helping to establish
human rights mechanisms and by bringing cases to those mechanisms whether
at global, regional or domestic levels. We will study recent cases drawn
mainly from the UK, Europe and the United Nations.
The course will be of particular interest to those interested in health,
human rights and the role of non-governmental organizations.

A useful introduction to the topic can be found in Chapter 13 "Health as a
Human Rights Objective" of The Medical Profession and Human Rights:
Handbook for a Changing Agenda, the British Medical Association, 2001,
London; Zed Books.

Information on Internet resources will be provided during the course.

About the Tutors

Bernie Hamilton is Senior Adviser to Physicians for Human Rights  UK.
Peter Hall is Chair of Physicians for Human Rights  UK.
They devised and directed the CME approved Health and Human Rights course
held at the LSHTM in 2001 and the Human Rights and Health in an
International Context course taught at University College London Medical
School. They have been involved in human rights for over ten years.


Course Schedule

1.      Introduction to Human Rights
          i.      origins:    morality, entrenchment & the UN
          ii.     obligations:   respect, protect & fulfill
          iii.    case study on the right to health

2.      The status of the right to health at global, regional & domestic levels
            i.      the major global, regional & domestic mechanisms
	ii.     the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights 	and the other core UN human rights treaties
	iii.    the European Convention on Human Rights (1950) and the
European 	Social Charter (1961)
	iv.     Different constitutional approaches
	Case study: India and South Africa

3.      Lobbying the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights  (I) 	agenda setting
	i.      Discussion days
	ii.     General Comments
	iii.    Non-reporting States

4. Case Study: PHR-UK and Article 12 the Right to Health
	i.      Gaining acceptance
	ii.     Helping the rapporteur
	iii.    Operationalizing the concept

5. Lobbying the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural
      	Rights (II) periodic reports
	i.      Preparing an NGO parallel report
	ii.     Intervening at the NGO session
	iii.    Using the media
          	Case study for i - iii: UK 1997 and 2002
	iv.     Feedback to the Committee
          	Case study: Japan

6.      UN Charter Mechanisms
	i.      Commission on Human Rights
	ii.     Sub-Commission
	Case study: Sierra cases
	iii.    Special Rapporteurs
	Case study: The SR on the Right to Health

7.      Regional Mechanisms
	i.      African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights
	ii.     American Convention on Human Rights
	iii.    European Convention on Human Rights
	iv.     European Social Charter
	a.      Substantive rights
	b.      Supervisory hierarchy
	c.      New Protocol cases

8.      Domestic Litigation
Case studies to include: The Netherlands, Brazil, India and South Africa

9.      The UK Human Rights Act (1998)
            i. How it works
	ii.     Health related cases
	iii. Other cases
	Case study: Diane Pretty and the right to die.

10.     Conclusions
	

Notes

November 14 is a reading day for students not visiting Geneva.
PHR-UK is proud to be able to sponsor this course, but regrettably is
unable to advise on scholarships, visas or accommodation.

Related events

Students are offered priority booking for  Bernie Hamiltons Study Trip to
Geneva, from Nov. 10  15, and PHR-UK conferences on HIV/AIDS on Nov. 30 and
on doctors and discrimination on Dec. 9.

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APPLICATION FORM


Name:

Tel. No:

Address:


E-Mail:



I apply to join the Advancing the Right to Health course and enclose a
cheque for 300 GB pounds payable to PHR-UK

Signed:

Send to:        PHR-UK,
91 Harlech Road,
Abbots Langley,
Herts WD5 0BE
Tel:            07707-96609     E-Mail: phall@gn.apc.org

Website: www.phruk.net




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