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Promises (un)fulfilled: navigating the gap between law, policy, and practice to secure migrants’ health rights
Date
2024
Abstract
Good health is fundamental for human thriving, a key linchpin of individual, family, and community well-being.1 Recognizing this, the architects of our current edifice of international human rights law, an edifice erected to secure future human well-being following the devastating inhumanity of World War II, included from the outset a universal right to health, linked to health care and social well-being.2 Article 12(1) of the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights notes, “The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.”3 Eligibility is, thus, unqualified: neither citizenship nor legal immigration status nor long-term residency are prerequisites for the right to health.
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Harvard University Press
Citation
Health and Human Rights, 2024, 26 (2), pp. 83-86
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Sustainable Development Goals
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Article
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/