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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]

Health, Right to, International Protection

Eibe Riedel

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Encyclopedia entries
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Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law [MPIL]

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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]
Article last updated:
April 2011

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 27 April 2025

Subject(s):
Right to health — Disability

Published under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law under the direction of Professor Anne Peters (2021–) and Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum (2004–2020). 

1 Prior to the 18th century, responsibility for disease or illness predominantly fell into the hands of private entities such as families, churches, and charities. Only to some extent, especially in cases of epidemic or pandemic diseases, did State institutions become active in order to control the spread of such diseases, mostly through quarantining. Nevertheless, a sense of responsibility and concern for the protection and improvement of health conditions within a community was prevalent throughout the history of mankind. At the centre of these communal health...
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