International Law Regulation of the Right for Health

Abstract

Effective protection of the right to health from the viewpoint of law is possible only if there is an efficient mechanism of the realization of norms, which regulate the relations in this sphere. As the problems of healthcare has transcended the national borders and now have a universal character the international law has elaborated a system of rules, standards and prescriptions the aim of which is to resolve international problems in the sphere of healthcare.
In the article international documents related to the issue and the practice of IHO are analyzed as the provisions of international acts regulate various problems in the sphere of healthcare and the practice of international organizations assist in their implementation. This forms the basis for a new international law institute of human right to health to emerge.
The author suggests in the article the complete definition of human right to health on the basis of the provisions of international documents which runs as follows: “Each person without distinction of race, religion, political convictions, economic and a social status has the right to the highest achievable level of health which is characterized not only and not so much absence of illnesses or physical defects, but a condition of full physical, sincere and social well-being. Thus everyone has the right to such standard of life, including food, clothes, dwelling, environment, qualitative and accessible in economic and geographical sense medical leaving and necessary social service which is necessary for find and maintain the specified condition.”