ABSTRACT

Health rights litigation is still an emerging phenomenon in Africa, despite the constitutions of many African countries having provisions to advance the right to health. Litigation can provide a powerful tool not only to hold governments accountable for failure to realise the right to health, but also to empower the people to seek redress for the violation of this essential right. With contributions from activists and scholars across Africa, the collection includes a diverse range of case studies throughout the region, demonstrating that even in jurisdictions where the right to health has not been explicitly guaranteed, attempts have been made to litigate on this right. The collection focusses on understanding the legal framework for the recognition of the right to health, the challenges people encounter in litigating health rights issues and prospects of litigating future health rights cases in Africa. The book also takes a comparative approach to litigating the right to health before regional human rights bodies. This book will be valuable reading to scholars, researchers, policymakers, activists and students interested in the right to health.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

The Relevance of Health Rights Litigation in Africa

part |145 pages

Country Case Studies

chapter |22 pages

Litigating the Right to Health in Uganda

The Necessity for Innovation and Activism

chapter |16 pages

Litigating Health Rights Issues

The Nigerian Experience

chapter |20 pages

The Right to Health in Mauritius

Is the State Doing Enough or is the Constitutional Protection of the Right to Health Still Required?

chapter |18 pages

Litigating the Right to Health in Kenya

An Analysis of Selected Cases

part |57 pages

Comparative Regional Study

chapter |24 pages

Keeping Promises

Litigation as a Strategy to Concretise the Right to Health in Africa