[Editorial] Don`t forget health when you talk about human rights (Lancet)

Last week, Human Rights Watch (HRW) released World Report 2015, their 25th annual global review documenting human rights practices in more than 90 countries and territories in 2014. The content is based on a comprehensive investigation by HRW staff, together with in-country human rights activists. In his opening essay, HRW`s Executive Director, Kenneth Roth, writes, `The world has not seen this much tumult in a generation...it can seem as if the world is unravelling`. Indeed, this 656-page report is a grim read in a year marked by extensive conflict and extreme violence.