Public Health Ethics, Law & human rights for the future of humanity
The UK Faculty of Public Health, in collaboration with the ‘Ethics in Public Health’ Section and the ‘Public Health Law’ Initiative of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA) and a wide range of other partners are hosting a series of international online sessions on the ethical, legal & human rights dimensions of public health and the future of humanity in the context of the 2020 World Congress on Public Health.
The aim is to:
- draw together the emerging thinking, work and materials on the ethics, law and human rights aspects of public health
- consider implications for policy, advocacy and practice
- strengthen the collaboration of public health professionals, scholars and policy makers
- improve and protect the public’s health and wellbeing
Event recordings
Climate change is a public health emergency. It is the single biggest threat to global health, peace, and security, a crisis multiplier, and a significant driver of health inequalities. Human right-based approaches are essential for good public health policies and practice, including action to address climate change.
This webinar took place on 20 February 2024 and was the first in a series offered by the UK Faculty of Public Health, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Global Network for Academic Public Health (GNAPH), Groningen Centre for Health Law (GCHL), European Public Health Association (EUPHA) and other partners to build understanding, competence, and capacity on human rights-based approaches for good public health policy and practice.
There is growing recognition of the role of the arts and humanities for good public health practice and policy. The UK Faculty of Public Health and the Centre for History in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine organised this international webinar on 30 January to address the importance of arts and humanities education within public health education and training.
The webinar is part of an initiative to promote further understanding of arts and humanities' methods and questions for public health practice and policy, and to develop and promote research, educational resources, and conversations to advance the agenda. For further information, please email PHELnetwork@gmail.com.
You can watch Professor Sir Stephen Holgate being interview ed by Dr. Farhang Tahzib on Litigation for Climate Change in the video below. A full recording of the interview is available here.
On 15 June 2023, the University of Liverpool hosted a conference on Strategic Litigation and Public Health: Involving paediatricians in Public Health litigation, by Professor Ian Sinha, Consultant Respiratory Paediatrician at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and Honorary Professor of Child Health at the University of Liverpool.
The video presentation is available here.
In March 2022, the Law & NCD and the International Law and Human Rights Units at the University of Liverpool, in collaboration with European Public Health Association Law and Public Health Section, the UK Faculty of Public Health, and other partners held a webinar 'Climate Change Litigation at the European Court of Human Rights'. A full recording of the webinar is available here.
In October 2021 the Global Health Law Groningen Research Centre, the UK Faculty of Public Health, the European Public Health Association Law and Public Health Section and the Environmental Health Section, in collaboration with other partners hosted the webinar, 'Public health, climate change and strategic litigation'.
As part of European Public Health Week 2021, the European Public Health Association and Faculty of Public Health Ethics Special Interest Group joined together to host a webinar on 20 May 2021, examining the power of law in promoting better health for all.
On Thursday 21 January 2021, FPH joined with the European Public Health Association and other partners to host the latest webinar in the international series on public health ethics, law and human rights.
Chaired by FPH Ethics Committee Chair Dr. Farhang Tahzib, over 600 registered delegates from around the world heard from a range of international speakers on the scientific study and deployment of law and legal practices in public health. A full recording of the webinar is available here.
