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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA |
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Dabney P. Evans, MPH, CHES, Institute of Human Rights, Emory University, 1525 Clifton Road, Suite108, Atlanta, GA 30322, 404-727-3061, Dabney.evans@emory.edu
This presentation will provide an overview of the right to health. We will examine the origins of the right to health in international human rights documents as well as the linkages between health and human rights. Major international treaties such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will be presented. The structure of the United Nations human rights bodies will also be discussed. The obligations of state and non-state actors such as non-governmental organizations and civil society actors will be presented.
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Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA