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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, ChumaISNI
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]
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