Another tragic story about the real harms of letting profit motives dictate access to healthcare.

US pediatric units fell 20% btwn 2008-18, because kids 'don't undergo lucrative, billable procedures.'

This is what it looks like to put profit before lives
nytimes.com/2022/10/11/hea…

Absolutely thrilled to say I'll be teaching at Columbia Law School's Human Rights Clinic this year, alongside Sarah Knuckey, @Priyanica, and Kelsey Jost-Creegan 🌱 (she/her/ella). law.columbia.edu/academics/expe…

I'm pleased to congratulate my excellent colleague Meg Satterthwaite on her appointment, and look forward to following her work in this important role.

New @HRW report today finds that decades of inadequate federal funding in the US have jeopardized the living conditions of public housing residents and exacerbated the affordable housing crisis. A reliance on private sector solutions hasn't worked. hrw.org/news/2022/09/2…

A couple of strong The New York Times articles on predatory practices used by private US hospitals—multi-billion dollar businesses that are 'non-profit' in name only. Tactics like:
🔹taking advice from McKinsey on how to squeeze payments from poor folks who are entitled to free care 1/3

If you want to create change on the big structural issues which undermine the realisation of #ESCR , working with NGOs and movements and in a truly supportive environment with fabulous colleagues at CESR, please apply #humanrightsjobs #rightsbasedeconomy #ClimateJustice

1/6 Thread on the UK #MiniBudget
Yesterday evening, on the eve of #minibudget2022 , I wrote a short piece for @HRW setting out how a #humanrights lens can help guide economic policy, as fuel and food prices spiral and inflation hits double digits hrw.org/news/2022/09/2…

The private sector is often depicted as essential to achieving universal health coverage #SDG3 . Yet, relying on the private sector can undermine that goal and put rights at risk.

Our latest, responding to UN Human Rights' call for input on #UHC : chrgj.org/wp-content/upl…

I'm pleased to share our recent submission to UN Human Rights regarding the risks of relying on the private sector to achieve universal health coverage. Not all paths taken in the name of achieving #UHC are consistent with that goal. More here: bit.ly/3S6Huom

It's shameful that 4 in 10 children globally don't finish secondary school.

I'm proud to support this important campaign to expand the right to free education. You can add your name today. twitter.com/Avaaz/status/1…

Amazing to see this Pennsylvania community step up and halt what would have been the largest water privatization deal in US history. Jackson Mississippi should take note. theguardian.com/us-news/2022/s…

Every single time. We under-invest in public infrastructure, allow it to fail, and then push privatization as a solution. It doesn't works out well. democracynow.org/2022/9/7/headl…

📢 NYU Law students: there are two opportunities to work with our team this school year for credit or pay!

Human rights scholar Center for Human Rights and Global Justice: chrgj.org/2022/08/24/cal…

Research assistant to Philip Alston: blogs.law.nyu.edu/docket/researc…

No experience needed. Happy to answer any Qs!

As the UK cost of living crisis explodes, a look back to our 2018 investigation with Philip Alston. It was clear then that severe cutbacks to social support would leave people highly vulnerable to economic downturns. newstatesman.com/spotlight/regi…

What happens when private equity takes over a nursing home—the costs of 'efficiency' can be horrifying, including a 10% increase in deaths. 70% of the industry is now run for profit.
newyorker.com/news/dispatch/…

NEW: EHRC says it is 'carefully considering' our demand for an intervention into rail staffing.

We await its urgent, full response. This is our last chance to prevent a national crisis in accessibility, and disabled people's right to independent living.
disabilitynewsservice.com/call-for-watch…

'NFBUK urges the govt to heed the warnings of human rights experts that railway destaffing will lead to blind people losing the access and confidence to travel on our railways...the psychological consequences of which will be catastrophic.' [THREAD] abcommuters.com/2022/08/17/dis…

BREAKING: Disability rights activists demand urgent EHRC intervention into the 'escalating human rights crisis on Britain's railways,' and an end to 'discriminatory' policies of railway destaffing. abcommuters.com/2022/08/17/dis…