Get involved in GHLG: ‘Vulnerability and Migration in International Human Rights Law’
| Date: | 17 November 2015 |
| Author: | GHLG Blog |
Join the project ‘Vulnerability and Migration in International Human Rights Law’ as a research assistant or thesis student!
Court decision concerning close ties between Dutch Government and tobacco industry
| Date: | 12 November 2015 |
| Author: | GHLG Blog |
on November 9th, 2015 the Court of First Instance in The Hague took a decision in the case concerning the close ties between the Dutch Government and the tobacco industry.
NCDs and Law Expert Meeting 2015 – an interview with David Patterson
| Date: | 10 November 2015 |
| Author: | GHLG Blog |
Shamiso Philomina Zinzombe, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Dutch government in court for violating the FCTC
| Date: | 10 November 2015 |
| Author: | GHLG Blog |
On November 9th, 2015, a court decision was taken in the case concerning the close ties between the Dutch Government and the tobacco industry.
Case concerning the close ties between the Dutch Government and the tobacco industry
| Date: | 05 November 2015 |
| Author: | GHLG Blog |
On November 9th, 2015, a court decision is expected in the case concerning the close ties between the Dutch Government and the tobacco industry.
U4 SSEL Conference – “Governance of a Contemporary Multilateral Institutional Architecture”
| Date: | 03 November 2015 |
| Author: | GHLG Blog |
This year’s U4 network cluster conference is organized from 4 till 6 November 2015 in congress center Het Kasteel in Groningen, the Netherlands.
Ebola in West Africa: Lessons to Strengthen the WHO International Health Regulations
| Date: | 02 November 2015 |
| Author: | GHLG Blog |
The Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa has caused over 11,000 reported deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) has been widely criticized for its late response to the outbreak and has pledged to reform its organization.
Netherlands School of Human Rights Research Conference: Human Rights Research Methods
| Date: | 27 October 2015 |
| Author: | GHLG Blog |
Netherlands School of Human Rights Research Conference: Human Rights Research Methods
Balancing innovation and access to medicines
| Date: | 15 October 2015 |
| Author: | GHLG Blog |
Affordable medicines are a decisive factor in access to treatment in the European Union (EU). Drug prices are highly influenced by a medicine’s patent protection, which is argued to stimulate medical innovation to bring patients the medicines they need.
Energy poverty, climate change, and the right to health
| Date: | 14 October 2015 |
| Author: | GHLG Blog |
Yesterday, a main Dutch news paper, the NRC, reported that 13 Dutch big and small development organizations and private companies, united in the ‘Dutch Approach for Clean Cooking Solutions’, have asked for or support that the Dutch government continue to sponsor clean cooking stove alternatives in developing countries, partially because the effects for climate change would be positive.