John Tobin is an Associate Professor in the Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne. He has also been a Visiting Professor at New York University Law School and the American Academy of Human Rights and International Law, Washington College of Law, American University.

While the amount of scholarship on the right to health has grown over the years, John Tobins book The Right to Health in International Law stands as a valuable addition as it constitutes an ambitious, careful, critical and objective assessment of our current understanding of the international right to health and its implementation.

• Introduction ; PART I ; 1. The history of the right to health ; 2. The conceptual foundations of the right to health ; PART II ; 3. A methodology to interpret the right to health ; 4. The meaning of the highest attainable standard of health ; 5. The meaning of the general obligation to recognise the right to health ; 6. The specific measures required to recognise the right to health ; 7. The meaning of the obligation to protect against harmful traditional practices ; 8. The meaning of the obligation of international co-operation ; Conclusion

John Tobin is an Associate Professor in the Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne. He has also been a Visiting Professor at New York University Law School and the American Academy of Human Rights and International Law, Washington College of Law, American University.

While the amount of scholarship on the right to health has grown over the years, John Tobins book The Right to Health in International Law stands as a valuable addition as it constitutes an ambitious, careful, critical and objective assessment of our current understanding of the international right to health and its implementation.

• Introduction ; PART I ; 1. The history of the right to health ; 2. The conceptual foundations of the right to health ; PART II ; 3. A methodology to interpret the right to health ; 4. The meaning of the highest attainable standard of health ; 5. The meaning of the general obligation to recognise the right to health ; 6. The specific measures required to recognise the right to health ; 7. The meaning of the obligation to protect against harmful traditional practices ; 8. The meaning of the obligation of international co-operation ; Conclusion