Key Publications

On this page, you can find links to key publications of Members of the Centre.

Key books

Health and human rights: Global and European perspectives
Toebes, B., Hartlev, M., Hendriks, A., O 'Cathaoir, K., Rothmar Herrmann, J. & Sinding Aasen, H., 2022, 2 ed. Cambridge, Antwerp, Chicago: Intersentia. 407 p.

Human Rights and Tobacco Control
Gispen, M. E. (ed.) & Toebes, B. (ed.), Aug-2020, Edward Elgar Publishing. 320 p. (Elgar Studies in Health and the Law)

PhDs on health

The Right to Mental Health: A Human Rights Approach
Abrokwa, N., 2023, Cambridge, Antwerpen, Portland: Intersentia, Human Rights Research Series. 324 p.

Other key publications

Understanding the Typology of Health Sector Corruption in Indonesia. (https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/ilrev/vol13/iss2/3/) Juwita, R., In: Indonesia Law Review, Vol. 13, No. 2, 3, 16.09.2023, p. 89-122.

The human right to a healthy environment—time for the public health community to take urgent action Buse, K., Hesselman, M. & Meier, B. M., 26-Sept-2022, In: BMJ. 378, p. 1-2 2 p., o2313.

‘Human rights-based approaches to health and health promotion’, Patterson, D., October 2023, in Public Health Approaches to Health Promotion (https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.1201/b23385/public-health-approaches-health-promotion-monika-arora-shifalika-goenka) Taylor & Francis.

‘Legal action now part of public health’s environment and climate change toolbox’, Patterson, D., May 2022, in European Journal of Public Health.

Climate Change as a Global Health Threat in International Climate Law and Human Rights Law

Hesselman, M., 2021, Global Health Law Disrupted: COVID-19 and the Climate Crisis . The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, p. 87-130 44 p. (Royal Netherlands Society of International Law collected papers; no. 148)

Coercive interventions under the new Dutch mental health law: Towards a CRPD-compliant law? Alexandrov, N. V. & Schuck, N., 1-May-2021, In: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 76 (https://research.rug.nl/en/persons/natalie-abrokwa/publications/)

Adopting New International Health Instruments - What Can We Learn From te FCTC? Comment on “The Legal Strength of International Health Instruments - What It Brings to Global Health Governance?”
Hesselman, M. & Toebes, B., Mar-2018, In: International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 7, 3, p. 264-267

A Right to Health-Based Approach to Dental Caries: Toward a Comprehensive Control Strategy, Mollet S.D., Manton, D.J., Wollgast J. & Toebes B., April 2024, In: Caries Res 1–10.

Collective action and legal mobilisation for the right to health in the climate crisis, Phelan AL, Patterson D, Tahzib F, Meier BM, Hesselman M, Chenguang W, Gostin LO. Lancet. 2024 May 25;403(10441):2272-2274. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00875-4. Epub 2024 May 1. PMID: 38703779.