Dr Luciano Bottini Filho PhD LLM
Lecturer in Human Rights
- Sheffield Institute of Law and Justice
- Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice
- Social and Economic Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Institute
Summary
I explore human rights within global health law and governance, in particular how State obligations steer resource mobilisation and priority-setting decisions. My expertise also extends to economic and social rights in a broader context, encompassing litigation and social mobilisation, with a focus on employing decolonial methodologies in human rights research.
About
I am a lecturer within the human rights subject group, teaching on the MA/LLM in Applied Human Rights course and modules related to human rights at the Law and Criminology Department.
I possess a PhD from the University of Bristol, having been awarded the Modern Law Review Scholarship, and an LLM in International Human Rights from the University of Nottingham, where I was honored as a Chevening Scholar.
My research in health and human rights has been featured in esteemed publications such as the Health and Human Rights Journal and German Law Journal. I have served as an affiliated researcher at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School, as well as a member of the Global Health Law Consortium.
In my most recent endeavors in human rights advocacy and external engagements, I have actively participated in consultations and the drafting process of The Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies. Furthermore, I have served as an external consultant to the WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All, where I provided a comprehensive report on the constitutionalisation of the right to health.
Before transitioning to academia, I worked as a journalist for over a decade, undertaking various reporting roles in Latin America for prominent regional news outlets. Throughout this period, I extensively covered human rights violations associated with the war on drugs, mass trials, judicial activism, and decisions pertaining to socio-economic rights.
Lecturer
Teaching
Sheffield Institute of Law and Justice
College of Social Sciences and Arts
Courses taught:
Law, Criminology, LLM/MA in Applied Human Rights
Modules taught:
- Human Rights Advocacy
- Human Rights and Legal Scholarship
- Contemporary Migration
- Introduction to Criminology and Practice
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The Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies
Human Rights in the revision of the International Health Regulations
Health financing and the right to health in constitutions:
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Publications
Journal articles
Filho, L., Karim, S.A., & Hodgson, T.F. (2025). . Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 1-4.
Forman, L., de Mesquita, J.B., Filho, L., Meier, B.M., & Sirleaf, M. (2025). Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 52 (4), 907-921.
Filho, L. (2024). . Journal of Global Health Law, 1 (2), 203-228.
Yamin, A.E., Filho, L., & Malca, C.G. (2024). . Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 102 (5), 307-313.
Meier, B.M., Filho, L., Bueno de Mesquita, J., Habibi, R., Sekalala, S., & Gostin, L.O. (2023). . PLOS Global Public Health, 3 (12).
Filho, L. (2023). . Health and human rights, 25 (2), 205-217.
Filho, L.B. (2022). . Health and human rights journal, 24 (1), 159-169.
Bottini Filho, L. (2021). . German Law Journal, 22 (6), 1098-1114.
Conference papers
Filho, L. (2021). . In Yamin, A., Villareal, P., & Grogan, J. (Eds.) International Pandemic Lawmaking, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School, Middlesex University London, a, 20 September 2021 - 4 November 2021 (pp. 18-19). The Petrie-Flom Center:
Book chapters
Bottini Filho, L. (2023). Everything Is Unconstitutional. In Justice in Global Health. (pp. 59-81). Routledge:
Filho, L.B. (2023). Disabilities, evidence-making and quality of life: the three core human rights principles framework. In Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Handbook on Disability Policy. (pp. 551-564). Edward Elgar Publishing:
Filho, L. (2021). State positive obligations and the international right to health in epidemics: how much should be enough? In Epidemics and International Law. BRILL
Other activities
Postgraduate supervision
- Global Health Law and Human Rights
- Economic and Social Rights
- Courts, human rights and social change
- International Human Rights