Don't forget health when you talk about human rights
The content is based on a comprehensive investigation by HRW staff, together with in-country human rights activists. In his opening essay, HRW's Executive Director, Kenneth Roth, writes, “The world has not seen this much tumult in a generation…it can seem as if the world is unravelling”. Indeed, this 656-page report is a grim read in a year marked by extensive conflict and extreme violence. But when one delves deeper, there is a hidden story that often does not make the headlines. That story is the health dimension of human rights. Viewed through the lens of health, the report contains several compelling and disturbing themes. (...)
Read here The Lancet editorial.