The global response to a disease that largely effects the most marginalized populations of poorer countries shows a basic lack of respect for human rights on the part of international institutions.

A blog post by  John Stephens summarizes the submission of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University on the World Health Organisation’s draft accountability framework.

The Constitutional Court gave judgment in the matter between Dudley Lee and the Minister of Correctional Services on 11 December 2012. The court ruled in favour of Lee. Thus, yesterday almost marked the end of Mr Lee’s seven-year journey through three courts; the Cape High Court will still have to determine the amount the state must pay him.

The courts have found that the state is responsible for the spread of tuberculosis in prisons but created no room to compensate those infected.