Advanced Introduction to the Right to Health

Lawrence O. Gostin, Distinguished University Professor and Director, WHO Collaborating Center on Global Health Law, Georgetown University, Andrés Constantin, Scholar, O’Neill Institute, Georgetown University, USA and Lisa Forman, Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Jackman Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Canada

‘This is a very important book, coming as it does after the Covid epidemic, during which every aspect of the right to health was emasculated by States, egged on by Big Pharma. It is indeed necessary that the right to health needs to be asserted again. The book is indeed timely. It rightly begins with the notion of dignity, the basis of all Human Rights and covers all aspects of the right to health. Pedagogic in its style, written in simple legal language, with elaborate footnotes, it is useful for activists and academics alike. Authored by Larry Gostin, Lisa Forman and Andrés Constantin, leading academics in the field of health, it is a must for the libraries of all practitioners of the right to health.’

• Contents 1 Introduction: all people possess inherent dignity and are equally entitled to human rights 2 The history and foundations of international human rights law and the right to health 3 Accountability mechanisms for realizing the right to health at the supranational and domestic levels 4 The right to health in global health law: the roles of WHO and WTO 5 The right to health and infectious diseases 6 Noncommunicable diseases and the right to health 7 Sexual and reproductive health and rights8 The right to health in humanitarian and conflict settings 9 The right to health in the era of artificial intelligence and digital health10 The right to health and the environment 11 Conclusion: open that human rights toolbox, take out your hammer, and see what you can build Index