Working Together for Human Rights
GLP founders George Annas and Michael Grodin, along with Sondra Crosby and Gilbert Benavidez, were tasked with writing a series of articles pertaining to the 70th anniversary of the Nuremberg Doctor’s trial for the American Journal of Public Health. In ...
In this month’s issue of Health Affairs, professors George Annas and Wendy Mariner write about A Culture of Health and Human Rights that can be viewed as a social norm that values health as the nation’s highest priority. Human rights, established ...
In a recently published New York Times article, physician, GLP activist and expert on torture Sondra Crosby was asked to discuss her experience with Mr. Suleiman Abdullah Salim, who was a victim of US torture practices. Dr. Crosby reported that ...
Dr. Sondra Crosby briefed U.S. Senate staff on the potential implications of confirming Gina Haspel as the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Read more
Public Health Post Fellow and researcher in the Center for Health Law, Ethics and Human Rights, Gilbert Benavidez recently published a telling article regarding the growing refugee crisis. Check it out here
GLP’s own Sondra Crosby was recently recognized as 2017 Community Clinician of the Year. It is an apt testament to the amazing work Dr. Crosby does on a day to day basis serving not just her patients, but people everywhere as she pushes forward with a human rights based approach to health and healthcare. Read ...
GLP’s Dr. Michael Grodin, along side several other organizations, will be putting on the following event. It will be a fantastic historically-oriented foray into ethics and human rights.
Lawyers Eileen Morrison and Linda Cristello graciously volunteered their time to come and lead our Know Your Rights event. We quickly got into the most important topic: What do you if an ICE agent is knocking on your door, or at your work, or on the train with you? The simplest answer is plead the ...
Last Sunday, January 29th, 2017, massive demonstrations against Donald Trumps’s Muslim Ban were held in Boston’s Copley Square. Being that this was essentially the site of the Boston Marathon bombings, it was a telling symbol of the strength of the city’s character and its willingness to stand up for American values of inclusivity and equality. ...
On Saturday January 21st, coinciding with hundreds of marches nationwide, 175,000 citizens gathered in Boston Common for what is arguably the largest single day protest in the history of the United States. It was a breathtaking sight as seas of people flooded the streets with signs where the creativity was only matched by the significance. ...
