Professor Matiangai Sirleaf published the article "How Did Human Rights Fare in Amendments to the International Health Regulations?" with Lisa Forman, Judith Bueno de Mesquita, Luciano Bottini Filho, and Benjamin Mason Meier in Cambridge University Press online on January 31, 2025.
Abstract
In this article, we examine the relationship between the World Health Organization International Health Regulations (IHR) and human rights and its implications for IHR reform, considering the evolution of human rights in the 2005 IHR, the role of human rights in IHR reforms and the implications of these reforms in key domains including equity and solidarity, medical countermeasures, core capacities, travel restrictions, vaccine certificates, social measures, accountability, and financing.