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Title: | The right to health in an African cultural context: the role of 'Ubuntu' in the realization of the right to health with special reference to South Africa |
Author: | Himonga, Chuma |
Year: | 2013 |
Periodical: | Journal of African Law (ISSN 0021-8553) |
Volume: | 57 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 165-195 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | social and economic rights health philosophy jurisprudence |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021855313000089 |
Abstract: | The article examines the realization of the right to health through the African concept of 'ubuntu', arguing that 'ubuntu' plays or ought to play a significant role in the realization of the right to health. The author identifies the attributes of 'ubuntu' relevant to the implementation of the right to health (community, interdependence, dignity, solidarity, responsibility, and its being an ideal) and then applies these attributes to practical scenarios to operationalize the right to health. South Africa is used as a special point of reference because of the jurisprudence on 'ubuntu' that has emerged there since 1994. The article also gives examples of the dangers that may compromise 'ubuntu's' contribution to the realization of rights in the area of health. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |