Strengthening Human Rights in Global Health Law: Lessons from the COVID-19 Response
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چکیده
This column addresses the need to strengthen human rights in global health, looking violations of law pandemic response recommend rights-based reforms health law. The opens by examining fundamental importance rights, recognizing centrality governance. Notwithstanding evolution health-related under international law, COVID-19 has posed sweeping implications for realization with state responses failing comply their domestic and obligations. Raising an imperative this presents recommendations advance through United Nations (UN) system, extend revisions International Health Regulations (IHR), mainstream WHO
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Social Science Research Network
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1556-5068']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3849742