BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Harvard Law School//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Harvard Law School - Events X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://hls.harvard.edu/calendar/ X-WR-CALDESC:Harvard Law School - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260116T2050Z-1768596613.6975-EO-737681-1@10.73.7.213 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260501T154902Z CREATED:20260116T202827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T202827Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260210T122000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260210T132000 SUMMARY: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ “Right to Care” DESCRIPTION: On August 7\, 2025\, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights broke new ground in international human rights law by recognizing the “righ t to care” as an autonomous and enforceable right. Advisory Opinion 31/25 r ecognizes care as an essential and universal human need on which functionin g societies and humanity itself depend and outlines an array of […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
On August 7\, 2025\, the Inter-American Court of Human R ights broke new ground in international human rights law by recognizing the “right to care” as an autonomous and enforceable right. Advisory Opinion 3 1/25 recognizes care as an essential and universal human need on which func tioning societies and humanity itself depend and outlines an array of state obligations to ensure that individuals\, especially members of marginalize d groups\, can access forms of care necessary to ensure a dignified existen ce. Among them\, states must recognize the economic and social value of bot h unpaid and paid forms of care\, including by adopting comprehensive care systems\, parental leave and flexible work policies\, and social security n ets\; reduce the burdens and barriers that make caregiving inaccessible\, u nsafe\, or inequitable\; and redistribute care responsibilities more equita bly among the state\, the private sector\, communities\, and families. At t his HPOD event\, co-organized with the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law\, Biotechnology\, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School and the David Rockefell er Center for Latin American Studies\, panelists will bring to bear their d ecades of research\, advocacy\, and organizing experience in support of mar ginalized groups’ access to critical services and supports to explore the o pportunities and limits of the Court’s conceptualization of the “right to c are” across the diverse contexts throughout the Americas where they work. CATEGORIES:Conference/Symposium LOCATION:Zoom GEO:40.712728;-74.006015 ORGANIZER;CN="Hezzy Smith":MAILTO:msmith@law.harvard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://hls.harvard.edu/events/the-inter-american-court-of-hu man-rights-right-to-care/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20251102T060000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR