• Enforcement of water rights 

      Côrtes, Lara; Gianella, Camila; Wilson, Bruce (CMI Brief vol. 15 no. 9, Report, 2016-05-01)
      In 2010, a UN Resolution explicitly recognized the human right to water and sanitation (HRtWS). But has this international recognition improved the ability of poor and marginalized people to secure access to water? Of the ...
    • Rainbow revolution in Latin America: The battle for recognition 

      Gianella-Malca, Camila; Wilson, Bruce (CMI Brief vol. 14 no. 1, Report, 2015-02-01)
      In a surprising turn of events, a “rainbow revolution” has blossomed in Latin America. In spite of the region’s long history of deep-rooted patriarchy, machismo, homophobia, and political and social marginalization of ...
    • Revisiting Health Rights Litigation and Access to Medications in Costa Rica: Preliminary Evidence from the Cochrane Collaboration Reform 

      Loaiza, Olman Rodríguez; Morales, Sigrid; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Wilson, Bruce (Health and Human Rights Journal vol. 20 no. 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-01)
      In response to the incremental creation of an expansive constitutional right to health in Costa Rica, the country’s rights-friendly constitutional chamber of the Supreme Court (known as the Sala IV) unleashed a flood ...
    • What causes Latin America’s high incidence of adolescent pregnancy? 

      Gianella, Camila; Machado, Marta Rodriguez de Assis; Defago, Angelica Peñas (CMI Brief vol. 16 no. 9, Report, 2017-11-01)
      Latin America is the only region in the world where adolescent pregnancies are not decreasing. According to a recent article in the Lancet, if the current trend continues, Latin American countries will not fulfill the ...