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Octavio Ferraz continues work for World Bank as an expert on right to health litigation in Brazil

Octavio Ferraz continues his work for the World Bank as an expert on right to health litigation in Brazil. After writing his report on this topic he will now to give a presentation on Webinar.

Webinars 
The Protection of the Right to Health in Latin America 

Health litigation in Brazil: an effective tool for social change? 
April 16, 2013 - 10:00 to 11:00 am (Washington DC) 
Presenter: Octavio Luiz Motta Ferraz

Associate Professor of Law, University of Warwick,
Former advisor to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. 
English Intervention

In the past two decades Brazil has experienced a surge in right to health litigation, with thousands of claims reaching the courts every year demanding the enforcement of the right to health against the state. After years of empirical research, Octavio Ferraz examines whether increased or not litigation is a positive and if in fact the prosecution of health is an effective tool for social change. Learn more 
Upcoming Webinar Series
May 14: The judicial protection of the right to health in Chile. Thomas Jordan Diaz. 
June 18: The judicial protection of the right to health in Colombia. Rodrigo Uprimny.
Fri 05 Apr 2013, 19:38 | Tags: Impact, Centre for Human Rights in Practice