Julia Muñoz Velasco

From a Bounded View to a Globalized Perspective: Considerations on a Human Right to Health

Julia Muñoz Velasco, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Abstract: In this essay, I will argue that even when there are important difficulties concerning the possibility of a human right to health that must be addressed, it is nonetheless a better strategy for promoting global health than the ones relying entirely on States’ duties or on a duty to charity. The idea that there is such thing as a right to health is very controversial. One of the most important difficulties has been to determine if a right to health can be considered as a human right, as an institutional right or just as a humanitarian charitable cause. Which ...

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