John Tobin (Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School, Australia)

The Right to Health in International Law

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Produktbeschreibung

Lack of access to health care is one of the fundamental problems facing people in both developing and developed countries. This book examines the history, foundation, and meaning of the right to health in international law. It concludes that it is possible to offer an understanding of this right that is practical and capable of being implemented.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 442
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 812g
• ISBN-13: 9780199603299
• ISBN-10: 0199603294
• Artikelnr.: 33372701

Autorenporträt

John Tobin is an Associate Professor in the Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne. He has also been a Visiting Professor at New York University Law School and the American Academy of Human Rights and International Law, Washington College of Law, American University.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Part I
* 1: The history of the right to health
* 2: The conceptual foundations of the right to health
* Part II
* 3: A methodology to interpret the right to health
* 4: The meaning of the highest attainable standard of health
* 5: The meaning of the general obligation to recognise the right to
health
* 6: The specific measures required to recognise the right to health
* 7: The meaning of the obligation to protect against harmful
traditional practices
* 8: The meaning of the obligation of international co-operation
* Conclusion