SWISS HUMAN RIGHTS BOOK VOL. 3
REALIZING THE RIGHT TO HEALTH
ANDREW CLAPHAM // MARY ROBINSON
576 PAGES // CHF 48.00 // EUR 32.60 // GBP 24.00 // USD 47.00 // ISBN 978-3-907625-45-3 // 2009
Realizing the right to health requires a strong focus on strengthening health care systems and transforming health systems for women. Taking a human rights approach to health means understanding the underlying social determinants of this right, as well as how to ensure the right to health is realized in times of emergency and armed conflict, and for all groups in society, including migrants and refugees, LGBTI persons, prisoners and detainees, and others. In this third volume of the Swiss Human Rights Book series, leading international experts in human rights and health address issues such as access to essential medicine, HIV/AIDS, trade and health, SARS and malaria, and human rights approaches to other key health challenges. They address the role of governments, non-state actors and healthcare practitioners, the responses of multilateral institutions, and highlight some of the most promising strategies for realizing the right to health.
Edited by the // Chair of Political Philosophy of the University of Zurich, Switzerland
On request of the // Political Division IV of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Berne
Published by // rüffer & rub, Zurich
The views expressed in the essays and case studies are those of the authors and need not concur with the position of the Political Division IV of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
