Public health as a community interest

• Verfasst von: Seibert-Fohr, Anja [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Public health as a community interest
• Titelzusatz: what role for the European Court of Human Rights
• Verf.angabe: Anja Seibert-Fohr
• Jahr: 2022
• Umfang: 13 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 03.05.2024
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: German yearbook of international law
• Ort Quelle: Berlin : Duncker & Humblot, 1974
• Jahr Quelle: 2022
• Band/Heft Quelle: 65(2022), Seite 129-141
• ISSN Quelle: 2195-7304
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Seibert-Fohr, Anja: Public health as a community interest. - 2024
• K10plus-PPN: 1887676376

Abstract

The article considers the increasing role of public health issues in individual complaints brought before the European Court of Human Rights. On the basis of the Court’s recent jurisprudence, it shows how the Court allows necessary measures to protect public health as a relevant aspect of human rights protection without giving States ‘carte blanche’ to restrict excessively individual freedoms and liberty. On a more general level, the contribution evaluates to what extent proceedings before the Court can contribute to the protection of this important community interest. Using the example of public health, it seeks to respond to questions raised by Rüdiger Wolfrum in this volume about the role of international dispute settlement mechanisms for the defense of community interests.