This paper examines minority language education in the Dutch province of Fryslân from a rights-based approach. To conduct analysis, we employed qualitative (legal) content analysis. We explored rights at different levels to answer following question: what extent are international and regional standards on minority-language applied domestically Frisian through medium language? discuss historical...

OBJECTIVE Describe the process of enacting and defending strong tobacco packaging and labelling regulations in Uruguay amid Philip Morris International's (PMI) legal threats and challenges. METHODS Triangulated government legislation, news sources and interviews with policy-makers and health advocates in Uruguay. RESULTS In 2008 and 2009, the Uruguayan government enacted at the time the wor...

The International Health Regulations (IHR), the only global regulations for infectious disease control, have not been significantly changed since they were first issued in 1951. The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently engaged in a process to modernize the IHR. This article reviews WHO's draft revised IHR and recommends new reforms to improve global health, which include (1) a robust mi...

The global regulation of products of biotechnology is increasingly divided. Regulatory decisions for genetically modified (GM) crops in North America are predictable and efficient, with numerous countries in Latin and South America, Australia and Asia following this lead. While it might have been possible to argue that Europe's regulations were at one time based on real concerns about minimizin...