Health and human rights within the context of international human rights laws and the Malaysian constitution
Health rights, unlike political and economic rights, until recently has not received sufficient attention that it truly deserves despite being equally important as other aspects of human rights. It is timely that the right to health be given serious attention and more coverage by the media, legal fr...
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my.iium.irep.905622021-07-05T23:35:07Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/90562/ Health and human rights within the context of international human rights laws and the Malaysian constitution Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin K Law (General) K3150 Public law K3165 Constitutional Law KPG Malaysia Health rights, unlike political and economic rights, until recently has not received sufficient attention that it truly deserves despite being equally important as other aspects of human rights. It is timely that the right to health be given serious attention and more coverage by the media, legal fraternity and the authorities as well as by the public at large. Unfortunately, the Malaysian Constitution does not have any express provision which recognizes health right and no laws in the country so far acknowledged such right. Hence, this research is done to supplement the gap. This is a legal research which applies qualitative approach focusing on rights relating to private and public health. It is a doctrinal and jurisprudential study and examines international and national laws, especially the Malaysian Constitution. Health is essential for a good life of any human being. Without it a person cannot have a quality life. Although it cannot be expected that government must guarantee everybody will be healthy it cannot be denied that among the functions and obligations of the governments are to provide healthcare services to the community and ensure that facilities and avenues for medical treatments are available to the people. This right has been firmly established in international human rights laws. Its realization has been the subject and objective of various international conventions and policies. It is believed that right to health is ingrained in the constitution of the country and should be recognized by the courts and the governments. IIUM 2021-06-30 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/90562/7/90562_Health%20and%20human%20rights.pdf Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin (2021) Health and human rights within the context of international human rights laws and the Malaysian constitution. IIUM Law Journal, 29 (1). pp. 103-127. ISSN 0128-2530 E-ISSN 2289-7852 https://journals.iium.edu.my/iiumlj/index.php/iiumlj/index 10.31436/iiumlj.v29i1 |
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Health rights, unlike political and economic rights, until recently has not received sufficient attention that it truly deserves despite being equally important as other aspects of human rights. It is timely that the right to health be given serious attention and more coverage by the media, legal fraternity and the authorities as well as by the public at
large. Unfortunately, the Malaysian Constitution does not have any express provision which recognizes health right and no laws in the country so far acknowledged such right. Hence, this research is done to supplement the gap. This is a legal research which applies qualitative approach focusing on rights relating to private and public health. It is a doctrinal and jurisprudential study and examines international and
national laws, especially the Malaysian Constitution. Health is essential for a good life of any human being. Without it a person cannot have a quality life. Although it cannot be expected that government must guarantee everybody will be healthy it cannot be denied that among the functions and obligations of the governments are to provide healthcare
services to the community and ensure that facilities and avenues for medical treatments are available to the people. This right has been firmly established in international human rights laws. Its realization has been the subject and objective of various international conventions and policies. It is believed that right to health is ingrained in the constitution of the country and should be recognized by the courts and
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