Acknowledgements

This Resource Guide was edited and compiled by Jonathan Cohen, Project Director of the Open Society Institute Law and Health Initiative, Tamar Ezer, Program Officer in the Law and Health Initiative, Paul McAdams, Senior Education Specialist at Equitas – International Centre for Human Rights Education and Minda Miloff, consultant to Equitas.

The following people drafted, contributed, or commented on materials for the individual chapters of the Guide:

Introduction:
Magda Adamowicz, Dmytro Groysman, Karyn Kaplan, Jane Li, Judith W. Overall
Chapter 1: Human Rights in Patient Care
Magda Adamowicz, Dmytro Groysman, Sarah Kalloch, Emily Martinez, Judith W. Overall, Yervand Shirinyan, Anthony So
Chapter 2: HIV/AIDS and Human Rights
Emily Bell, Helena Choi, Delme Cupido, Ralf Jürgens, Rick Lines,
Richard Pearshouse
Chapter 3: Harm Reduction and Human Rights
Balázs Dénes, Ralf Jürgens, Karyn Kaplan, Rick Lines, Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, Nandini Pillai, Gang Song, Daniel Wolfe
Chapter 4: Palliative Care and Human Rights
Frank Brennan, Robert Burt, Mary Callaway, Kath Defilippi,
Kathleen M. Foley, Liz Gwyther, Kiera Hepford, Sue Nieuwmeyer
Chapter 5: Sexual Health and Human Rights
Maxim Anmeghichean, Melissa Ditmore, Shannon Kowalski-Morton,
Emily Martinez, Alice M. Miller, Yervand Shirinyan, Sue Simon, Rachel Thomas, Jessica Wahlstrom, Jill Wood
Chapter 6: Health and Human Rights in Minority Communities: The Roma and San
Claude Cahn, Heather Doyle, Eva Foldes, Emily Martinez, Willem Odendaal, Yervand Shirinyan
Chapter 7: Mental Health and Human Rights
Volha Baraulia, Jonathan Cohen, Tamar Ezer, Judith E. Klein, Camilla Parker
Appendix: Thirteen Health and Human Rights Documents
Jane Li

The Guide's translation project was managed by Volha Baraulia. The Guide was formatted by Emma Lozman and other production assistance was provided by Paola Deles and Anna Vinnik. In addition, staff of the Open Society Institute Public Health Program and Human Rights and Governance Grants Program provided valuable comments on the Guide.

The Law and Health Initiative is a project of the Open Society Institute Public Health Program. Equal Partners: Health and Human Rights was co-sponsored by the Public Health Program together with the Open Society Institute Human Rights and Governance Grants Program (HRGGP) in collaboration with the Open Society Justice Initiative.

This website was designed and implemented by Joshua Leeman and Emma Lozman.

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