Chapter 1: The sources of the legal framework
SOURCES: WHAT TOOLS WE NEED?
Main conventions
➪ Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
➪ International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)
Core rights
➪ The right to life
➪ The right to be free from cruel, degrading and inhuman treatment
➪ The right to health
“… the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health …”
(International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966), Article 12.)
The right to health may be limited, although only in rare circumstances where this is necessary to ensure the welfare of the general population.