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The upcoming UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies) conference at Queen’s University Belfast, 6-9 September 2020.
We warmly invite submission of abstracts on the theme of Health in Europe, to join our panel at the upcoming UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies) conference at Queen’s University Belfast, 6-9 September 2020.
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The panel will explore all areas of EU health law and policy, including but not limited to:
- Public health, health determinants and health inequalities in and across member states
- The role of European actors – the Commission, the Parliament, the agencies, WHO Europe etc. – in health and health governance
- The impact of the single market upon health systems, for example via competition law, pharmaceutical regulation, migration of health professionals, trade...
- Governing health emergencies and managing collective health threats in Europe
- The inclusion of health in broader governance frameworks such as the European Semester, the Pillar of Social Rights, Europe 2020...
We welcome papers from all disciplines, including law, public policy, sociology, economics, public health, global health etc., pertaining to any dimension of Health in Europe. If you are planning to submit a paper on a topic related to the above, and are interested in doing so as part of a pre-formed panel, please send your abstract to Eleanor Brooks (University of Edinburgh – eleanor.brooks@ed.ac.uk) and Mary Guy (Lancaster University – m.guy2@lancaster.ac.uk) by Monday 6 January 2020. We will select from these a panel of papers and confirm inclusion by Monday 13 January 2020, so that any unsuccessful submissions can be sent to the general call ahead of the 26 January 2020 deadline.
06.12.2019
Jean Monnet Summer School on Human Rights and Health (update) 09.05.2019 new update 23.05.2019
Jean Monnet Summer School on Human Rights and Health, organized by the Jean Monnet Chair in European Health, Environmental and Food Safety Law, which will be held at the University of Salerno from 1 to 5 July 2019.
***Reminder – Ticket sales CLOSE 31st May*** 21.05.2019
The University of Manchester, School of Law, is proud to host Healthcare disparities: disruptive healthcare technologies and the patient , a conference held in collaboration with Queen Mary School of Law, on the 13 and 14 June 2019.
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The question of health inequalities worldwide has become increasingly significant. Disparities in healthcare refer to often-negative differences in healthcare provision between different population groups, such as race/ethnicity, age, socio-economic group and gender.
Disruptive technologies offer the potential to reset the playing field, injecting new opportunities for healthcare development and offering the potential to provide cheaper, simpler products or services
The conference encourages fundamental and challenging questions to be asked: Are disparities in health here to stay? To what extent is technological innovation the answer to health inequalities? And what legal and ethical benefits and challenges might emerge in the future?
In addition to keynote and breakout presentations from world-leading experts, including Professor Nicolas Terry, Professor Ian Freckelton QC, Professor Tamara Hervey, Professor Mette Hartlev and Professor Richard Ashcroft, there will be a drinks reception at The University of Manchester on 13 June.
Delegates are invited to attend a networking dinner at The Crowne Plaza, Oxford Road on Friday 14 June for an additional fee.
This event has been approved by the Royal College of Physicians for 18 category 1 (external) CPD credits.
The Council of Europe organises a HELP workshop at the 7th European Association of Health Law Conference 07.05.2019
Organised under the auspices of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, the 7th Congress of the European Association of Health Law (EAHL) will host the workshop “The Council of Europe Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) and Bioethics”. For more details, please, visit the official CoE website at https://www.coe.int/en/web/bioethics/-/human-rights-in-biomedicine-for-legal-and-health-professiona-1 |
25th WCML 2019 - Tokyo, Japan August 6-8, 2019 / Waseda University
02.05.2019
Main Themes: Role of Medical Law in 21st Century; Collaboration Between Medical Law, Bioethics and Legal Medicine
Aim: The 25th World Congress for Medical Law will be held in Tokyo, Waseda University International Conference Center in August 6-8, 2019. This Congress will focus on constructing a bridge between medical law, bioethics and legal medicine. Japanese Association of Medical Law has a history for 50 years since 1969, and has discussed various issues on medical law. Therefore we hope that many participants will meet at the Congress, and discuss subjects on constructing a bridge between medical law, bioethics and legal medicine.
Seminar Global Health and Human Rights
18 July 2019 Erasmus Law School, Erasmus University Rotterdam (the Netherlands)
News added: 20.04.2019
In a rapidly globalised word, health and human rights are closely related. Violating basic human rights can heavily impact in a negative way the health of individuals and communities. Violating further basic human rights might also lead to inequality and discrimination in access to health-care services. The realisation of human rights in health care is therefore a key-obligation, both at national and global level. But what is the relationship between human rights and global health about? What are the key elements of that complex relationship, what are the key national and international institutions, and how do they respond to human rights challenges in health? These and other issues will be adressed during a one-day seminar, organised by the Erasmus Health Law Observatory, Erasmus University Rotterdam (the Netherlands) and IDIVAL, University of Cantabria (Spain) and hosted by the Erasmus Law School. Seminar co-directors: André den Exter, Erasmus Law School, Erasmus University Rotterdam (denexter@law.eur.nl) Joaquin Cayon, IDIVAL-University of Cantabria (joaquin.cayon@unican.es) To read more, please, click here |
Healthcare disparities: disruptive healthcare technologies and the patient, a conference held in collaboration with Queen Mary School of Law
The University of Manchester, School of Law, is proud to host Healthcare disparities: disruptive healthcare technologies and the patient, a conference held in collaboration with Queen Mary School of Law, on the 13 and 14 June 2019.
The question of health inequalities worldwide has become increasingly significant. Disparities in healthcare refer to often-negative differences in healthcare provision between different population groups, such as race/ethnicity, age, socio-economic group and gender.
EAHL official Twitter and LinkedIn accounts have been launched
LinkedIn accounts have been launched
EAHL has launched official Twitter and LinkedIn accounts.
To access Twitter account, please, visit https://twitter.com/EAHLaw
To access LinkedIn account, please, follow the link https://www.linkedin.com/in/european-association-of-health-law-aba0b0177/
update: 20.12.2018
International Autumn School on Health Law and Bioethics / New Trends in Health Systems and Patients' Rights
International Autumn School on Health Law and Bioethics (4th edition) to be organized in Santander (Spain) on 14, 15, 16 November 2018
The fourth edition of this specialized workshop provides an overview of different issues to enhance the preparation of health professionals. It is focused on both theoretical and practical aspects of health systems and health law exploring current legal and policy issues which impact on the rights and responsibilities of patients, health providers and policy makers.
Registration dates: from 25/10/2018 to 13/11/2018
To read the Autumn School's Program, please, click here.
To read more and apply, please, click here
Health care rationing in Europe: the past, present and future. A multidisciplinary approach
Venue: National School of Public Health (ENSP), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Salao Nobre, Lisbon, Portugal
Date: 26 October 2018, 9.00 – 17.00
Language: English
A key challenge of this conference is to address healthcare rationing on several levels (macro, meso and micro); types of rationing (demand and supply side-rationing); to what extent it influences political decision-making; and how to cope with the ‘legitimacy problem’ in rationing decision-making. Therefore, ENSP welcomes colleagues from various disciplines to exchange experiences on health care rationing in different health care systems in Europe.
For more information click here.
EU health law and policy: Shaping a future research agenda
29-30 November 2018
"EU health law and policy: Shaping a future research agenda"
Final workshop and special issue – Call for papers
This workshop is the second of two in an interdisciplinary project run by Dr Eleanor Brooks (Edinburgh) and Dr Mary Guy (Lancaster). It seeks to advance the study of EU health law and policy by providing a timely and multi-disciplinary assessment of EU health governance and contribute to the establishment of an ‘EU health studies’ field.
Academics and practitioners at any career stage, and from law, political science or any
other relevant discipline are invited to submit an abstract of 300-450 words to Dr Eleanor Brooks (eleanor.brooks@ed.ac.uk; +44(0)131 6504 282) by Friday 6 July 2018.
Healthcare Disparities disruptive healthcare technologies and the patient
13th - 15th June 2019, University of Manchester
The Conference - "HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES disruptive healthcare technologies and the patient" will be taking place in June 2019 at the University of Manchester.
For more information on sub-topics, registration and other details download the 1st flyer of the conference.
Jean Monnet Summer School on Climate Change, Health and the Environment
2 - 6 July 2018, University of Salerno (Italy)
Organized by the Jean Monnet Chair "Health, Environmental and Food Safety Law" and sponsored by the European Association of Health Law, this Summer School offers an intensive and specialistic course focusing on the current challenges facing the international community with regard to the protection of the environment and public health from the effects of climate change.
EAHL Members are entitled to a 10% discount on the tuition fee.
More information and registration form at http://www.jean-monnet-chair-healthy.eu/summer-school-2018.html
Contact: Prof. Stefania Negri at snegri@unisa.it
12th European Conference on Medical Law
„European Integration on Health Care“
Will take place on 29 June 2018 in the Federal Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection. Radetzkystraße 2, 1030 Vienna.
Members of the EAHL will get 10% discount at registration.
For more information and registration, please, visit the Conference website at
http://www.medizinrecht-europa.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Programm-1…
Announcement: EAHL 2019 Conference
The next EAHL Conference dates have been announced.
The conference will take place on 26-27 September, 2019 at the University of Toulouse (France), and will be organized in partnership with the Unit INSERM UMR 1027 University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse 1 Capitole University, the Research Institute of European International and Comparative Law (IRDEIC), the Jean Monnet Chair in European Health Law and Medicinal products as well as the Association for Research and Training in Medical Law (ARFDM) under the topic «Innovation & Healthcare».
Committee on Medical and Pharmaceutical Law celebrates its first anniversary on August 5, 2018!
On August 5, 2017, the Ukrainian National Bar Association established the Committee on Medical and Pharmaceutical Law and Bioethics. Iryna Senyuta was elected as the Head of Committee (National Contact Person from Ukraine). The Committee aims to promote the development of medical and pharmaceutical law, the legal basis of bioethics, public health law in the field of advocacy; along with the expansion of specialized practices, and the effective protection of human rights in health care provision. The Committee consists of profile sections, divided by the main areas of Committee’s activity, namely the sections on the following fields: medical law, pharmaceutical law, legal basis of bioethics, public health law. The tasks of the Committee can be defined, inter alia, as: 1) drafting normative legal acts in the field of health care, proposals thereto and to the current legislation on optimizing the protection of human rights; 2) preparation of analytical and methodological materials for attorneys in the field of medical and pharmaceutical law, legal basis of bioethics and public health law; 3) participation in the organization and / or holding of seminars, conferences, trainings and other events of the UNBA; 4) cooperation with specialized legal clinics and medical legal clinics in order to promote the provision of free legal aid in medical cases to the population and the dissemination of practical knowledge among the students; 5) cooperation with international institutions in the areas of the Committee's activities.
During the year of the Committee's operation, there have taken place a lot of interesting activities, including: 1) conduction of specialized training in medical law for attorneys (March-April 2018); 2) introduction at the Higher Bar School of UNBA of the permanent training course "Medical Law" for attorneys; 3) preparation of two methodical recommendations for attorneys: a) on protection of human rights in the field of vaccinations; b) on civil legal protection of human right for medical assistance (June-July 2018); 4) conduction of the Ukrainian Human Rights Week in the field of health care, timed to the Universal Human Rights Day, which takes place on December 10 (December 2017), the activity included, in particular, the provision of free public counseling on human rights in the field of health care protection; 5) conduction of series of round tables on medical law involving attorneys, judges, policemen and prosecutors, representatives of medical and legal educational institutions, health care organizers; in order to discuss complex issues related to the human rights protection and defending in medical cases (April-May 2018).
The European Interest Group on biobanks has held its first (inaugural) meeting. The main aim of the group is to create a network to exchange information about biobanking laws and ethical guidelines and establish collaborations between the members of the group in order to contribute to the ongoing developments of interest for professionals and patients at EU / National regulatory levels.
Co-ordinators of the interestgroup for the first 2 years are Emmanuelle Rial-Sebbag / Anne-Marie Duguet. Contact-point is Aurélie Mahalatchimy
The group will co-operate with the interest group on data protection, (co-ordinator Jean Herveg).
Next year during the EAHL conference in Norway, Bergen, 28-29 September 2017, a session on biobanking will be organised on behalf of the interest group.
6th Conference of the European Association of Health Law 28 – 29 SEPTEMBER 2017, Bergen, Norway
Here you can download information flyer.
6th EAHL conference will be held in Bergen, Norway, in 28-29 September 2017 (week 39).
Health rights entitlements and the distribution of health care.
Online Registration and abstract submission is open now. Deadline registration and abstract submission: 15 May 2017.
More information eahl2017.org
Draft minutes of the General Assembly held on 2 October 2015 in Prague
Draft minutes of the General Assembly held on 2 October 2015 in Prague at the occasion of the fifth EAHL Conference are now available under the Section Members Resources, General Assembly.