International Cooperation of States in the Field of Health Protection: Analysis of Current Practices

The right to health protection is an inalienable right of every human being, since health itself is a prerequisite for his biological existence, and, in many ways, it determines the possibility of socialization of individuals. Being aware of this fact, most modern states have enshrined the right to health protection (in one way or another) in their Constitutions. At the same time, such legal perfection does not necessarily mean the possibility of actual implementation of the right to health protection, which is, to a large extent, predetermined by the political, economic and cultural conditions in a country. Poor economy, political instability and low literacy rates in a number of regions of the world prevent the right to health protection from being granted to a wide range of countries. However, it does not deprive them of the opportunity to implement this right for the benefit of peoples of these countries using a universal mechanism of international legal cooperation. The mechanism mentioned above is considered as a separate mechanism for the implementation of the right to health protection. The article provides theoretical and legal arguments in favor of this provision. It is concluded that, in general, the mechanism of international legal cooperation is a comprehensive legal institution consisting of two components: An institutional mechanism (organizational and structural), and a mechanism of law enforcement. This mechanism with regard to health protection is subject to a comprehensive description. The study uses methods of logical justification, objective comparison, linguistic analysis, etc. An analysis of structural components (based on the author's understanding of the problem), as well as functioning of the mechanism of international legal cooperation in the field of the right to health protection, makes it possible to highlight its specific features, the main of which are: Comprehensive nature, separateness of legal instruments, flexibility of the legal regime, universality, high degree of interdependence of the subjects of cooperation. The mechanism of international cooperation is regarded as an effective instrument for the implementation of the right to health protection, and the health sector is regarded as a basis for international cooperation in other areas.

right to health protection, mechanism of international cooperation, human rights, international (intergovernmental) cooperation, implementation of the right

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