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Planetary health a framework for expanding the boundaries of global health law

Authors:
Gian Luca Burci
Marlies HESSELMAN
Benjamin Mason MEIER
Judith BUENO DE MESQUITA
Luciano BOTTINI FILHO
Tsung-Ling LEE
Kriti SHARMA
Sam HALABI
Monique VAN CAUWENBERGHE
Dominique MOLLET
2026

This article examines how the emerging framework of “Planetary Health” challenges us to reconsider the role and boundaries of global health law, for example by engaging with systems thinking, eco-centric perspectives, Indigenous knowledge, and newly emerging human rights. How does planetary health inspire novel thinking or new approaches around the conceptualization, design, implementation and/or interpretation of global health law and health-related rights, aiming to protect vital ecological foundations or determinants of health?