for the interpretation of health legislation. One obstacle considered involves the academic and professional reluctance to … direct critical attention to interpretive actions outside the judicial sphere; in this case to those by health administrators …, health professionals and patients. Another concerns a similar reticence to formally acknowledge the widespread utilization by …

In their hypothesis published in IJHPM, Lisa Forman and colleagues examined the prominence of the right to health and … sexual and reproductive health rights (as well as related language) in four of the key reports that fed into the process of …. I argue that sexual and reproductive health rights are relatively well-covered within the SDGs. In terms of the right to …

Compliance with human rights is an important element of health resilience, generating popular legitimacy and trust …-making on health emergencies. This would significantly improve health resilience …

Health is considered a fundamental human right that is the basis for the exercise of other human rights and is … essential for a dignified life. An effective system of health care provision is a crucial institution within a society, one … which carries the same significance as the justice and democratic political system. The paper examines the right to health …

In spite of vast global improvements in living standards, health, and wellbeing, the persistence of absolute poverty … cause for the failure of developing states to improve the health of their peoples. While economic development in developing … countries is necessary to provide for underlying determinants of health – most prominently, poverty reduction and the building …

Today, nation-states are struggling to maintain public health insurance coverage and public health protections. Even … developed countries with generous programs are reviewing commitments toward health. For many developing countries, meeting the … health care needs of their populations is beyond reach. The international human right to health is a useful tool to sort out …

In spite of vast global improvements in living standards, health, and well-being, the persistence of absolute poverty … cause for the failure of developing states to improve the health of their peoples. While economic development in developing … countries is necessary to provide for underlying determinants of health most prominently, poverty reduction and the building of …

Codifying, and then implementing, an international right to health, health care, or protection is beset with serious …, and presently UNESCO's Draft Declaration on Universal Norms on Bioethics - attainment of such a universal right to health … health of any kind and at any level of magnitude. Indeed, under the ICESCR, realization of economic social and cultural …

This contribution seeks to investigate the elaboration of the right of the child to health in the Convention on the … to health care, as this is the first element of article 24 CRC and also the minimum essential basis from which any other … health intervention can be made. Secondly, investigated is how the differential roles and legal responsibilities of parents …