The last fifteen years have seen a tremendous growth in the number of health rights cases focusing on issues such as access to health services and essential medications. This volume examines the potential of litigation as a strategy to advance the right to health by holding governments accountable for these obligations. It includes case studies from Costa Rica, South Africa, India, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia, as well as chapters that address cross-cutting themes.

The authors analyze what types of services and interventions have been the subject of successful litigation and what remedies have been ordered by courts. Different chapters address the systemic impact of health litigation efforts, taking into account who benefits both directly and indirectly-and what the overall impacts on health equity are.

About the Author
Alicia Ely Yamin is Director of the Program on the Health Rights of Women and Children, Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, and Adjunct Lecturer on Health Policy and Management, Harvard University. Siri Gloppen is Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen and Research Director at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) in Norway. Sharanjeet Parmar is Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School. Mindy Roseman is Lecturer on Law and Academic Director of the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School.


Book Information
ISBN 9780979639555
Author Alicia Ely Yamin
Format Paperback
Page Count 446
Imprint International Human Rights Clinic
Publisher International Human Rights Clinic