'Health and human rights' is an important dimension of
international and European human rights and health law. It is
multi-disciplinary, engaging scholars and practitioners of public
health and medicine, as well as legal scholars and human rights
lawyers. Taking a 'health and human rights approach' means applying
international, regional and domestic human rights law to a wide
range of health-related issues. Human rights law informs other
areas of law that engage with health issues, including
international and domestic health law, biolaw and bioethics,
patients' rights, and environmental law. It brings a new, and often
more international, as well as a moral dimension to existing legal
analyses of health issues. This is essential in an increasingly
interconnected and globalised world, where health concerns are
omnipresent and can no longer be addressed solely at a domestic
level. This book focuses on the legal interfaces between 'health'
and 'human rights', taking both a global as well as a European
approach. Globally, there are tremendous challenges when it comes
to the protection of collective and individual health. Such
challenges include weak (primary) healthcare systems, the spread of
infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, and the increase of
noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), as well as the health effects of
air pollution and climate change. In such settings, human rights
can, potentially, play an important role in protecting the rights
of vulnerable individuals. It is a compelling framework for
assessing these and other questions in the health field, as it
couples health-related problems with a legal and moral dimension.
The international recognition and definition of the 'right to
health' is at the centre of this, but there are many other relevant
human rights standards, including the right to life, the right to
respect for privacy and family life, and the right to have access
to information. International case law in the health field has made
its mark when it comes to matters like access to health services,
abortion, and inhuman and degrading treatment in health settings.
Increasingly, links are being sought between human rights and other
international standards protecting health, in particular the
standards adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO). The
European context is, to some extent, a region sui generis, not only
in terms of health issues and health outcomes, but also from a
political and legal perspective. The authoritative case law of the
European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) of the Council of Europe has
increasingly touched upon health-related issues. Health and Human
Rights brings together contributions from human rights and health
law experts from three different countries in Northern Europe.
Together, the chapters give a rich account of the legal and
interdisciplinary aspects and perspectives related to 'health and
human rights'. This book is of interest to lecturers, students,
practitioners and law- and policymakers and offers up-to-date
analyses of crucial human rights issues in modern healthcare,
practices and regulations in Europe and beyond.
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