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© 2016 The Round Table Ltd. 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.
Author(s): O'Brien D, Smith R
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Round Table
Year: 2016
Volume: 105
Issue: 4
Pages: 389-399
Online publication date: 06/07/2016
Acceptance date: 02/04/2016
ISSN (print): 0035-8533
ISSN (electronic): 1474-029X
Publisher: Routledge
URL: http://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2016.1205352
DOI: 10.1080/00358533.2016.1205352
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