Research Overview

Thomas' main areas of interest are:

• International Human Rights Law, focusing on the Right to Health
• Business and Human Rights, focusing on Pharmaceutical Companies
• International Law, focusing on accountability of non-state actors,
• Medical Law, focusing on access to medical treatment
• Research Methods/Methodologies, focusing on the interaction of socio-legal and sociological methodologies.

Current Teaching

Current Teaching:

LAW300 'Healthcare Law and Ethics' (Lecturer and Seminar Tutor)

LAW102 'Public Law' (Seminar Tutor)

LAW5213d 'International Human Rights' Masters Distance Learning (Convenor)

Previous Teaching:

LAW257 'International Law' (Associate Lecturer)

Qualifications

Law (International), LLB

International Human Rights Law, LLM

Social Research, MA

Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Association, AFHEA

Thesis Title

Business and the ‘Right to Health’ in International Human Rights Law

Thesis Outline

Thomas' thesis explores the intersection of the 'Right to Health', 'Access to Essential Medicines', 'Direct Non-State Actor Accountability' and 'Business and Human Rights'.

The thesis explores how pharmasuitical companies which violate the right to health, by restricting access to essential medicines through unjustified pricing, can be held to account under international human rights law.

Supervised By

Prof. Sigrun Skogly

Dr. Rafael Sava

Research Grants

Thomas is funded by the NWSSDTP (ESRC) via a 1+3 PhD Scholarship.

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