Archive: 2023

As we approach the year-end, a time when the importance of peace is celebrated around the world, in too many places there is war: Gaza, Ukraine, Myanmar, Sudan, Yemen, Congo, and more.

On December 10th, 2023, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the seminal and aspirational foundation for post World War II human rights principles, will turn 75.

Sumud, an Arabic word that means steadfastness, captures a collective response to chronic adversity and a people’s will to survive, endure, and remain connected to the land.

“We are delighted to have Joe Amon as Editor-in-Chief,” said Mary T. Bassett, MD, MPH, director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights and FXB Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights.

Stephen Bezruchka, MD, MPH, author of Inequality Kills Us All, has convened a panel of experts, including FXB Director Mary T. Bassett, MD, MPH, to take on this crisis at the upcoming American Public Health Association annual meeting.

The FXB Center completes 30 years since its founding in 1993. We marked this milestone by acknowledging the breadth of activities in our community and the continued importance of work that shows how violation of rights harms health.

The Biden administration is considering reintroducing one of the most infamous anti-immigrant policies of the Trump administration – the practice of detaining migrant families, including young children, seeking protection in the US even though they are…