International Reproductive and Sexual Health Law Programme

The long-term goals of the International Programme on Reproductive and Sexual Health Law (the Programme) are to achieve:

• improved protection and promotion of rights relating to reproductive and sexual health;
• greater understanding of how laws and policies inhibit the protection and promotion of reproductive and sexual health, and how they can be formulated and applied to better protect reproductive and sexual health; and
• improved collaboration among specialists in law, medicine, health service administration and public health, on development and application of laws and policies to protect and promote reproductive and sexual health.

We pursue these goals through activities in four components of the Programme:

Capacity Building 

• Professional Training:  Scholarships and Fellowships 
• Teaching and Curriculum Development
• Health Equity and Law Clinic 

Research and Publication:

• Publications

Advisory and Advocacy Work

• Advisory and Advocacy Work 
• Health Equity and Law Clinic 

Information Resources and Network Building:

• Information Resources
• Events: Lectures, Workshops and Symposia
• REPROHEALTHLAW Listserve
• Annual Report 2008

Co-Directors of the Programme

Rebecca J. Cook, M.P.A., J.D., J.S.D., F.R.S.C.         
Professor, Faculty Chair in International Human Rights
Faculty of Law, Faculty of Medicine, and Joint Centre for Bioethics

Bernard M. Dickens, O.C., Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S.C.
Professor Emeritus of Health Law and Policy
Faculty of Law, Faculty of Medicine and Joint Centre for Bioethics

Joanna N. Erdman, B.A., LL.B., LL.M.
Director, Health Equity and Law Clinic
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law

Co-ordinator of the Programme

Linda Hutjens, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.  
Email:  reprohealth . law@utoronto.ca 

Flavelle House in winter