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Realising the Right to Health for Young People in South Africa--Some Reflections.
- Source :
- Round Table; Aug2016, Vol. 105 Issue 4, p389-399, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- The right to health is enshrined in the South African Constitution as well as a range of international and regional human rights treaties which South Africa accepts. Yet empirical data reveals some of the challenges faced by South African youth--childhood diseases, HIV/AIDS and such like. There are evidently challenges realising the right to health in practice. Nevertheless, South African courts have led the international field in recognising the justiciability of economic and social rights such as the right to health. Having reviewed the applicable laws and jurisprudence, the paper will conclude that a more holistic human rights-based approach offers perhaps the best way forward. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RIGHT to health
HUMAN rights
YOUTH
EMPIRICAL research
DATA analysis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00358533
- Volume :
- 105
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Round Table
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 118260451
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2016.1205352