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THE HUMAN RIGHT TO HEALTH: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS AFTER 70 YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
María Dallisubject
Sustainable developmentIndividual ComplaintsSociology and Political ScienceRight to healthHuman rightsUnited NationsHuman Rights ObligationsGeneral assemblymedia_common.quotation_subjectUniversal Health CoverageDeclarationRight to an adequate standard of livingPublic administrationRight to HealthPolitical sciencelcsh:K1-7720Political Science and International RelationsCultural rightslcsh:Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. JurisprudenceEnforcementLawmedia_commondescription
In 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the first international text recognising universal human rights for all; the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 25 recognises the right to an adequate standard of living, which includes the right to health and medical care. On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Declaration, this article presents an overview of the main developments that have been made towards understanding the content and implications of the right to health, as well as an analysis of some specific advancements that aim to facilitate the enforcement thereof. These include: a) the implication of private entities as responsible for right to health obligations; b) the Universal Health Coverage goal, proposed by the World Health Organization and included as one of the Sustainable Development Goals; and c) the individual complaints mechanism introduced by the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (adopted on the 10th December 2008, 60 years after the UDHR).
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-01 | Age of Human Rights Journal |