TRIPARTITE DIVISION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS OF THE STATE IN RELATION TO THE RIGHT TO HEALTH
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https://doi.org/10.52567/pjsr.v4i1.654Abstract
The right to health is one of the fundamental human rights for which states undertake obligations under international law and national law. This right is dependent on several other rights and is equally important. What this right entails is best defined by the obligations that it imposes on states. These obligations of the states are further divided into categories and the purpose of this division is to ensure maximum state responsibility and accountability. This article discusses the various layers of state obligations corresponding to the right to health. The researchers have employed the tripartite typology (duties to respect, protect, and fulfil), examining contexts of different jurisdictions and identifying comprehensive instances of the application of this typology. The research provides a study of how the right to health may be upheld and provided optimally by adhering to this tripartite typology of state’s obligations.
Keywords: civil and political rights, economic, social and cultural rights, human rights, right to health, right to life, state obligations, tripartite typology of human rights obligations.
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