International Recognition and Protection of Fundamental Human Rights

Convergence of the Protection of Fundamental Rights Between the Spanish Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights

To make ECtHR rulings prevail over final Spanish judgments is a matter for the legislator, not for an extreme or exaggerated interpretation of a law that has not been promulgated for that purpose. Within the context of the doctrine introduced by the Administrative Bench of the TS, the current or subsisting character of the violation of the fundamental right turns out to be a key issue. However,...

Combating Illegal Organ Transplantation Under International Human Rights Law

Despite the fact that the concepts of organ transplantation and organ trafficking seem two completely distinct categories at first glance, sometimes they overlap with each other. This is especially in cases in which organ transplantation occurs from one country to another and for a financial exchange. There are two general indicators for determining the distinction between organ transplantation...

the protection of pharmaceutical inventions and human rights challenges

although intellectual property rights (iprs) in this era specially after the constitution of world trade organization (wto) have been concerned from economic and commercialization point of view, human rights perspective to iprs has been increased and so, human rights groups have highlighted certain challenges between iprs and human rights, have tried to adjust economic perspective and have soug...

Environmental Protection, Public Health and Human Rights

International law, human rights and HIV/AIDS.

This article explores the relevance of international human rights law in the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic at national and international levels. Public health advocates can use arguments based on this body of law to promote responses to HIV/AIDS that reflect sound public health principles and documented best practice. Development assistance is increasingly linked to rights-based approaches,...