Universalism: Advancing equality among individuals and groups (including gender equality) is a universal human-rights obligation, regardless of local norms and customs. Global health actors (including national governments) must prioritise rights-based reforms even when they conflict with local norms.
1st Speaker - Opening statement - 10mins
Around 51 BC, Cicero wrote that ‘man is born for justice, and ... law and equity have not been established by opinion, but by nature’. This idea establish