This manual shows health professionals, their associations, and other interested non-governmental organizations, some of the practical ways in which they can promote, protect, and monitor the right to health in their communities and countries. It considers the obligations of states in relation to individuals within their borders, as well as the human rights responsibilities of states beyond their borders. The manual particularly focuses on the right to health of the vulnerable, marginalized, and otherwise disadvantaged groups and those living in poverty. The book provides practical advice on how to undertake the advocacy work and monitoring strategies that are involved in adopting a human rights approach to health, strategies, and tools that can be employed to promote and protect the right to health, to evaluate its implementation, and to monitor its violation; case studies demonstrating how human rights have been invoked successfully in a wide variety of ways to promote and protect health at local, national and international levels; and information and guidance on national and international procedures that are now available to monitor and enforce implementation of the right to health.
Freedom from discrimination, Freedom from torture, Right to culture, Right to health, Right to life, Human rights-based approach, Torture, Poverty / Economic Disadvantage
