Health as a human right : the politics and judicialisation of health in Brazil / Octávio Luiz Motta Ferraz.

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

©2021.

xxii, 333 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm.

"The idea of a human right to health goes back at least to the constitution of the World Health Organisation of 1946 and is now firmly established both in international and domestic laws. 166 countries have ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights, whose article 12 recognises a "right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health". An increasingly larger number of constitutions and other domestic laws also recognise the right to health in some form or another"-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: Ferraz, Octávio Luiz Motta, 1971- Health as a human right 1. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

English

March 08, 2021

Cambridge studies in law and society.

Includes bibliographical references and index.