Realizing the Right to Health

Andrew Clapham (Hrsg.)

Andrew Clapham is a Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, and the Director of the new Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. He te-aches international human rights law and public international law.

Mary Robinson (Hrsg.)

Mary Robinson is the founder of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative, an organization whose mission is to put human rights standards at the heart of global governance and policy-making and to ensure that the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable are addressed on the global stage. She was the first woman President of Ireland (1990–1997) and more recently the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997–2002).

Claire Mahon (Hrsg.)

Claire Mahon is the joint Coordinator of the Project on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. She has previously worked for Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists, the International Service for Human Rights, the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. She has authored and edited numerous publications on economic, social and cultural rights, and has trained human rights advocates in many countries around the world. Claire holds a Dipl.me d’.tudes approfondies (Masters) in International Law from the Graduate Institute of International Studies; an LL. B. (Hons.) from the Australian National University (ANU); a BA (International Relations and Development Studies) from ANU; and is currently completing her PhD on the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.