Practice question
A public-health policy addresses infectious disease and environmental sanitation but excludes mental-health needs on the ground that ICESCR Article 12 protects only physical health. Evaluate that interpretation and explain how Article 2(1) informs the implementation obligation without promising that no person will ever fall ill.
Legal references
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Articles 2–4, 7, 9, 12–14, https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/36/10829
- CESCR, General Comment No. 13 (1999), paragraphs 43–45, https://docstore.ohchr.org/SelfServices/FilesHandler.ashx?enc=NDHbUvPo0H0e6ReM%2BeoASfvbY3aH6JttLpsRvkmL87wD80W4xnAiRpmKA6ZLwTp9xzCLNUYwTBP35uH1Fw6yqQ%3D%3D
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