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The International Human Right to Health: What Does it Mean for the World?
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> Kinney, Eleanor D
> 34 Indiana Law Review 1457 (2001).
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> An abstract for the article is posted on the SSRN web page:
> http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=296394
> <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=296394>
>
> The article itself is located at:
> http://indylaw.indiana.edu/programs/CLH/kinneyihrh.pdf
> <http://indylaw.indiana.edu/programs/CLH/kinneyihrh.pdf> .
>
> "........The article suggests three approaches to the implementation of
the
> international human right to health:
(1) define universal outcome measures that measure compliance with the core
state obligations of the human right to health;
(2) establish systematic reporting to responsible international bodies to
monitor progress on implementation and compliance with international human
rights obligations, and
(3) highlight civil rights violations, such as discrimination against
protected groups, that inhibit access to health care services.
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> These three approaches are realistic given the economic, social and
cultural
> differences among the nations of the world. While these approaches are not
> comprehensive, they can do much to advance recognition and implementation
of
> the international human right to health throughout the world.

> Eleanor D. Kinney, JD, MPH
> Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law & Co-Director, The Center for Law and
> Health http://www.iulaw.indy.indiana.edu/Programs/CLH/law_health.htm
> <http://www.iulaw.indy.indiana.edu/Programs/CLH/law_health.htm>
> Indianapolis.