Is the right to health compatible with sustainability?

نویسندگان

  • Daniel D Reidpath
  • Sofia Gruskin
  • Pascale Allotey
چکیده

One of the fundamental human rights is the right of every individual to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, which we simplify to ‘HASH’ [1]. The HASH right was first articulated in the preamble to the WHO Constitution (1946) [2]. It appears in Article 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) (1966) [3]; and occurs in various human rights treaties (cf [4]).

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دوره 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015