Lodestar in the Time of Coronavirus? Interpreting International Obligations to Realise the Right to Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16764944 |
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| Authors | Judith Bueno De Mesquita (0000-0002-1399-1988, University of Essex), Claire Lougarre (0000-0002-0262-0567, University of Essex), Lisa Montel (0000-0003-0803-6529, University of Essex), Sharifah Sekalala (0000-0002-5434-5245, University of Essex) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-21 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Rights Law Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-7781 • E-ISSN: 1744-1021 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/hrlr/ngac036 |
| OpenAlex | W4321383738 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
While the right to health has gained significant momentum in international law over the past two years, there is little clarity on what it means for States to comply with this right in times of COVID-19. Taking Articles 2(1) and 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as a starting point, our article follows an approach guided by the rules of treaty interpretation under the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties to suggest how right to health obligations to prevent, treat and control infectious diseases should be interpreted in relation to COVID-19, and how these obligations interact with general obligations of immediacy, progressive realisation, minimum core and international assistance and cooperation in this context. This article makes a novel contribution to clarifying the right to health during COVID-19, thus enhancing capacity for the oversight of this right; its incorporation in global health law; and the understanding of its corresponding obligations in future global health emergencies
Context (archaeology) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Cultural rights · Customary international law · Fundamental rights · Geography · Global health · Health care · Human rights · Infectious disease (medical specialty) · International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights · International Health Regulations · International law · Justiciability · Pandemic · Political science · Public international law · Realisation · Right to health · Right to property · Treaty · Global Security and Public Health · Human Rights and Development · Law · Medicine
An intersectional human rights approach to prioritising access to Covid-19 vaccines
The obligations of ‘international assistance and cooperation’ under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. A possible entry point to a human rights based approach to Millennium Development Goal 8
| Highly cited | No |
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