right-to-health

Israel’s COVID-19 vaccine programme highlights the institutionalized discrimination that defines the Israeli government’s policy towards Palestinians.

The UAE’s human rights record has been sharply deteriorating in 2020. For any real improvements to be made in 2021 the UAE must seek to address its...

Democrats on Capitol Hill are pushing back on the Trump administration’s plan to unveil stepped-up sanctions against Iran urging the outgoing president to...

U.S. News and World Report ranks Canada’s public health-care system as the most well-developed in the world. And yet, Indigenous communities are still not...

It is really sad to see that recent welfare reforms have pushed more children into poverty in a rich country like the UK. We are also concerned about...

UAE prison authorities should take urgent measures to protect the mental and physical health of prisoners amid reported Covid-19 outbreaks in at least three...

“Migration status is irrelevant to every human being’s dignity and their right to live. Instead of putting people’s health at increased risk, governments...

As coronavirus cases explode in Iran, U.S. sanctions hinder its access to drugs and medical equipment.

More than 300 non-governmental organizations refer to the outbreak of the Coronavirus in Iran and the death of citizens as well as a number of doctors,...

Responding to an epidemic is not a question of balancing public health and human rights but rather that a successful and effective response requires us to...

Prisons, jails, and immigration detention centers should also take steps to ensure they are appropriately coordinating with public health departments and...

The Islamic Republic is one of only a few countries to provide comprehensive medical insurance for refugees on the same basis as its own citizens.

NDP health critic Don Davies warned Canada is at the "very cusp" of uncovering serious human-rights abuses affecting vulnerable women including those who are...

The negative effects of sanctions on living and important rights such as the right to life and healthy living of citizens, results in the raising of...

Bahraini prisoners suffering cancer, multiple sclerosis and sickle-cell anaemia do not have access to medical care, Amnesty International said Friday,...

Iran’s Welfare Organization will set up round-the-clock centers in the current [Iranian calendar] year, which began on March 21, for caring autistic children...

Numerous articles of the Constitution law and legal system of the Islamic Republic of Iran recognise health as a fundamental right. In this regard in the...

The member of the board of the Gama knife Centre and former general manager of the Medical System Association Dr, Alireza Zali stressed that sanctions on...

“Iran has set a global precedent by opening the access of all refugees into its Salamat Universal Public Health Insurance (UPHI) which provides health...