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'''Resources and Analysis on Applications of International Human Rights Law for Particular Groups & Contexts'''
 
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*[https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25768&LangID=E Statement on COVID-19: Racial equity and racial equality must guide State action] Presented by: United Nations [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25768&LangID=E#_ftn1 Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent]
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*[https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25768&LangID=E Statement on COVID-19: Racial equity and racial equality must guide State action] Presented by: United Nations [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Racism/WGAfricanDescent/Pages/WGEPADIndex.aspx Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent]
 
*[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/a/a8/Human_mobility_and_human_rights_principles--final_4-16-2020.pdf Human mobility and human rights in the COVID-19 pandemic: Principles of protection for migrants, refugees, and other displaced persons]. ''This document was prepared under the auspices of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, Cornell University's Migration and Human Rights Program, and The New School's Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility.''
 
*[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/a/a8/Human_mobility_and_human_rights_principles--final_4-16-2020.pdf Human mobility and human rights in the COVID-19 pandemic: Principles of protection for migrants, refugees, and other displaced persons]. ''This document was prepared under the auspices of Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, Cornell University's Migration and Human Rights Program, and The New School's Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility.''
 
*[https://www.unmgcy.org/article/2020/4/18/lancet-migration-global-statement-on-covid-19-leaving-no-one-behind-in-the-covid-19-pandemic-a-call-for-urgent-global-action-to-include-migrants-amp-refugees-in-the-covid-19-response?fbclid=IwAR2R7DJfOZzFzEQ2eHY4PVJffP2lJ9PSWbDcOQukQZIzLVDI8uxtbSfGZbI Lancet Migration Global Statement on Covid-19: 'Leaving No One Behind in the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Call for Urgent Global Action to Include Migrants & Refugees in the Covid-19 Response]
 
*[https://www.unmgcy.org/article/2020/4/18/lancet-migration-global-statement-on-covid-19-leaving-no-one-behind-in-the-covid-19-pandemic-a-call-for-urgent-global-action-to-include-migrants-amp-refugees-in-the-covid-19-response?fbclid=IwAR2R7DJfOZzFzEQ2eHY4PVJffP2lJ9PSWbDcOQukQZIzLVDI8uxtbSfGZbI Lancet Migration Global Statement on Covid-19: 'Leaving No One Behind in the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Call for Urgent Global Action to Include Migrants & Refugees in the Covid-19 Response]

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Health is a Human Right!

The international community has long recognized the centrality of health, and identifies health—including its social, economic and cultural dimensions—as a basic human right. Below is a list of major international documents and laws where governments, including the United States, have recognized the human right to health. The People’s Health Movement unites concerned activists, academics and health workers since 2000 to press governments to fulfill their human rights commitments.

International Documents Recognizing and Reinforcing the Right to Health


Resources and Analysis on Applications of International Human Rights Law for Particular Groups & Contexts