What is the Health and Human Rights Law Database?

The Health and Human Rights Law Database is a project jointly undertaken by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University to develop a searchable database that reflects the dynamic interaction between health and human rights. In response to the growing need for a comprehensive accounting of the international, regional, and domestic landscape of health and human rights, this Database categorizes (1) case law, (2) international and regional instruments, and (3) national constitutions that enshrine health-related rights. The Database seeks to provide advocates, practitioners, and scholars with access to existing instruments and caselaw on health and human rights law that seek to realize the highest attainable standard of health.

 

 

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Disclaimer: The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this database, including tables and maps, do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization and the United Nations Population Fund concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers' products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by the World Health Organization or the United Nations Population Fund in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. Errors and omissions excepted, the names of proprietary products are distinguished by initial capital letters.

Please note that the information provided in this database should not be construed as legal advice. Neither the researchers nor Georgetown University warrants that the information provided in this database is complete or accurate, and the Database should not be regarded as exhaustive for the purposes of litigation or as scientifically valid for the purposes of empirical research.