Latest News from IHHR
7 - 11 December 2009
The Initiative will host the next
International Intensive Course on Health, Development and Human Rights at the UNSW Kensington Campus in Sydney, Australia. Read more
here...
26 - 29 October 2009
The Initiative and the Central Commision for Popularization and Education of the Communist Party of Vietnam hosted the
International Conference "Realising the Rights to Health and Development for all" in Hanoi, Vietnam. Read more
here...
8 October 2009
National Times - "Climate change discriminates against those least able to combat it", writes
Daniel Tarantola, Professor of Health and Human Rights at the UNSW. Read more
here...
8 October 2009 at 12:00PM
The University of New South Wales has successfully hosted "AFTER THE WAR ON DRUGS" by Dr. Norm Stamper. The Initiative for Health and Human Rights, the Australian Human Rights Centre, the Crime and Justice Research Network and the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre co-hosted the event. Read more
here...
September 2009
HIV Australia - "Stigmatisation, discrimination: a health and human rights perspective". Stigmatisation and discrimination have in common their nefarious effects on people's physical, mental and social well being, writes
Daniel Tarantola, Professor of Health and Human Rights at the UNSW. Read more
here...
26 August 2009
ABC News - "Why our region needs an urgent health check": It's becoming alarmingly clear who is paying the highest price for the global financial crisis - and it's not Wall Street, writes
Daniel Tarantola, Professor of Health and Human Rights at the UNSW. Read more
here...
6 August 2009
Speaking at a seminar on 6 August entitled
Global Health Beyond the Millennium Development Goals, as part of the University of Sydney Law School's Distinguished Speakers Program,
Prof. Daniel Tarantola joined Prof. Gostin, Prof. Roger Magnusson and Dean Prof. Gillian Triggs from Sydney Law School. Read more
here...
24 July 2009
News@UNSW - "Five minutes with...
Daniel Tarantola, Professor of Health and Human Rights". Read more
here...
17 July 2009
"Despite extraordinary progress which has lifted 600 million people out of poverty in Asia since 1990, the basic right to health is under threat and the future looks more uncertain, says University of New South Wales professor of Health and Human Rights,
Daniel Tarantola...". Read more
here...
7 July 2009
Sydney - "Asia's economic transformation is putting the region's health at risk, Australian professor
Daniel Tarantola warned on Tuesday..." Read more
here...
8 - 12 December 2008
IHHR hosted the 2nd International Intensive Course on Health, Development and Human Rights at UNSW, Kensington SYDNEY Australia. For more information about the outcomes of this course, please see our course report
here.
10 December 2008
The Human Rights Day in 2007 marked the start of a year-long commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. More information on the 60th Anniversary Campaign
here.
24 November 2008
A celebration in honour of Jonathan Mann and the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Jonathan Mann was a visionary physician, advocate and scientist who highlighted the critical links between human rights and public health. Read more
here...
18 - 20 March 2008
The National Indigenous Health Equality Summit, held in Canberra on 18 - 20 March 2008, resulted in a
Statement of Intent between the Government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, signed by both the Australian PM Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson. Read more
here...
16 - 20 July 2007
Successful Completion of the Inaugural Intensive Course on Health, Development and Human Rights at UNSW, Kensington SYDNEY Australia. For more information about the outcomes of this course, please see our course report
here.
22 July 2007
The University of New South Wales, in conjunction with the World Health Organization and UNAIDS, hosted a satellite session titled "Access to care in the context of HIV Vaccine and other prevention trials" at the 4th IAS Conference on "HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention" in Sydney, Australia. Read more
here...
April 2007
The Faculty of the Built Environment runs interdisciplinary elective courses to help Ugandan children orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS. Prof.
Daniel Tarantola has been providing a comprehensive introduction to the social, political and environmental issues surrounding the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa. Read more
here.
February 2007
Professor
Daniel Tarantola attended the 7th Meeting of the Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights. Read more
here...
Interviews with five of the participants, including
Daniel Tarantola and Justice Michael Kirby of the High Court of Australia, and supporter of the IHHR, can be found
here.
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