Module 3 - Applying the Tools

Activities of the Day

09:00 – 09:30 Activity 1: Introduction to Module 3 (Working Groups)

09:30 – 10:45 Activity 2: Analysis of Health and Human Rights Mechanisms (Working Groups)

Participants work together to prepare a short presentation of the documents. Resource persons and facilitators are available in each room to answer questions.

• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR); Siracusa Principles on the Limitation and Derogation Principles in the ICCPR
  Resource Person: Yervand Shirinyan
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR); CESCR’s General Comment 14 on the right to health; Maastricht Guidelines on Violations of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
  Resource Person: Jonathan Cohen
• International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD)
  Resource Person: Willem Odendaal
• The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), CEDAW’s General Recommendation 24 on women and health
  Resource Person: Françoise Girard
• African [Banjul] Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights; Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women in Africa Resource Person: Catherine Mumma
• European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; European Social Charter; European Charter on Patients’ Rights
  Resource Persons: Balázs Dénes, Iain Byrne, Judy Overall

10:45 – 11:15 Networking Break

11:15 – 12:30 Activity 3: Presentations on Health and Human Rights Mechanisms (Plenary) - DOWNLOAD MP3/AUDIO RECORDING (PART 1, PART 2, PART 3)

Groups report back in plenary on the content of the documents assigned to them.
Moderator: Tamar Ezer, Program Officer, Law and Health Initiative, OSI Public Health Program

12:30 – 14:00 Networking Lunch

14:00 – 16:00 Activity 4: Hot Topics in Health and Human Rights (Working Groups)

Participants use documents from Activity 2 and the Resource Guide to work through the following hot topics:

• Criminalization of Intentional HIV Transmission
  Resource Persons: Delme Cupido and Anne Gathumbi
• Detainment of Extremely Drug Resistant TB (XDR-TB) Patients
  Resource Persons: Emily Bell and Roxana Bonnell
• Pregnant Women Who Use Drugs
  Resource Persons: Balázs Dénes and Kasia Malinowska- Sempruch
• Palliative Care and Human Rights
  Resource Persons: Liz Gwyther and Frank Brennan
• Reproductive Rights of Roma Women
  Resource Person: Martin McKee and Jadranka Stojanovik
• Men Having Sex with Men (MSM) in Juvenile Detention Centers
  Resource Person: John Fisher and Sue Simon

16:00 – 16:30 Networking Break

16:30 – 18:00 Activity 5: Presentations on Hot Topics in Health and Human Rights (Plenary) - DOWNLOAD MP3/AUDIO RECORDING (PART 1, PART 2, PART 3)

Groups report back in plenary on their Hot Topics.
Moderator: Susan Treadwell, incoming Deputy Director, OSI Human Rights and Governance Grants Program

19:00 Dinner*