Monitoring of Human Rights in the Health Sector

K Pillay; MR de Villiers

Monitoring of Human Rights in the Health Sector

K Pillay University of Western Cape
MR de Villiers University of Stellenbosch

Keywords: health, human rights, monitoring

Abstract

Monitoring of human rights in the health sector is of crucial importance to ensure the effective realisation of these rights, especially in the light of human rights i6uses in the history of our country. Monitoring means comprehensive efforts to collect appropriate data to determine whether performance of institutions or individuals conforms to accepted human rights standards. Monitoring can take place by means of a number of strategies and at different levels, considering certain'' preconditions for monitoring. This article outlines information on mechanisms for monitoring of human rights. Furthermore it seeks to raise relevant issues that warrant further consideration in order to inform an effective approach to the monitoring of human rights in the health sector.

Author Biographies

K Pillay, University of Western Cape

BA (Law) LLB, LLM Researcher, Socio-Economic Right Project Community Law Center

MR de Villiers, University of Stellenbosch

MBChB, MFamMed Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care

Issue

Vol 25 No 6 (2002)

Section

Forum

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