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>Subject: International Conference on Health & Human Rights
>Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 14:27:56 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
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>Health, Law and Human Rights: Exploring the Connections
>An International Cross-Disciplinary Conference
>Honoring Jonathan M. Mann
>September 29 - October 1, 2001
>Sheraton Society Hill Hotel
>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
>
>The Health and Human Rights Movement has become a dynamic
>force in international public health. This three-day,
>action-oriented conference will use plenary sessions, case
>studies, and small, interactive workshops to examine key
>empirical questions about the movement and its conceptual
>foundations.
>
>Leaders in public health advocacy, research and
>administration will examine:
>
> a.. How law and human rights are related to the public's
>health b.. How human rights and legal strategies can
>effectively promote public health
> c.. How advocates, researchers and policy-makers can use
>human rights as a framework for addressing structural
>causes of health and illness
> d.. Where the health and human rights movement goes in
>the future The organizers of the conference are seeking
>proposals for papers, workshops and other presentations
>that use field experience, social science, and/or
>epidemiology to understand whether and how law reform and
>human rights can make a difference in health. Abstracts can
>be submitted via the web at www.aslme.org/humanrights2001
>or in writing to the American Society of Law, Medicine &
>Ethics. An abstract submission form is attached to this
>email.
>
>Visit the conference website,
>www.aslme.org/humanrights2001, for more information about
>the conference including a detailed conference description,
>online registration, a scholarship application, and online
>abstract submissions.
>
>The conference is funded by amfAR - the American Foundation
>for AIDS Research - and presented by the American Society
>of Law, Medicine & Ethics, the Beasley School of Law of
>Temple University, the University of Connecticut Health
>Sciences Center, and Georgetown University Law Center, in
>cooperation with the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for
>Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public
>Health.
>
>If you have further questions about this conference, please
>contact Sarah Quilty, ASLME Conference Director, by phone
>617-262-4990 x12, fax 617-437-7596, or email
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>Avenue, Suite 1634, Boston, MA 02215.
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Une tres bonne journee !
Michel O'Neill, Ph.D.
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en promotion de la sante (GRIPSUL), Faculte des Sciences infirmieres;
Codirecteur, Centre quebecois collaborateur de l'OMS pour le developpement
de villes et villages en sante / Quebec WHO Collaborating Center for the
development of healthy cities and towns;
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