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How Effective are the Legal Mechanisms in protecting the right to health…
How Effective are the Legal Mechanisms in protecting the right to health for refugees?
Founding Instruments
1967 Protocol (UNHCR Refugees)
UDHR (health) (UN HRs Council)
ICCPR Intl Convenent of Civil & Politcal Rights
ICESCR Intl Convenant of Econ Social & Cultural Rights
1951 Convention (UNHCR Refugees)
Key Institutions
WHO
no founding legal doc
UNHCR
UN HRs Council
European Focus
ECJ Euro Court of Justice
Implements Euro Convention on HRs
fragmented but they make it work by implementing it through the ECJ. Ex:
Intro
Founding Instruments
Key Institutions
Ex: Europe
Conclusion
fragmented
2 systems (refugee UNHCR & health WHO)
UNHCR has refugee health embedded but not an organization for only refugee health, priority is protection
WHO has health globally but not specific to refugees
gap / niche is missing
solution: legally binding instrument for refugee health