Although IHL does not provide for special regulations for migrants in humanitarian settings, it protects them as civilians in armed conflicts. It, therefore, can be argued that state and non-state actors in armed conflict situations are obliged to respect the human right to health protected under the International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Although IHL and IHRL are interrelated with the protections they confer to human health and wellbeing, IHRL is applicable in all kinds of situations (with the exception of rights subject to the rule of derogation) while IHL comes in to play only when situations reach the level of armed conflict. IHL (also called Law of Armed Conflicts/ Law of War) is a type of international law governing conducts of States and non-State actors as well as situations of both international and non-international armed conflicts. This blog will touch on the roles of international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law (IHRL) in advancing human health needs in international and non-international armed conflict settings. While public health responses cannot solve political instabilities or armed conflicts, they would significantly be disrupted due to factors such as insecurity, terrorism, internal displacement and migration, rights violations, etc. In a humanitarian crisis, public health challenges get worse interventions would have limited effects in preventing/ controlling the spread of diseases. When hearing about the crises happening in places like Syria, Yemen, and DRC, we all would understand why diseases in such settings could actually be more than just diseases. In Global Health Law, it is clear that we are used to thinking about health-related problems, seeing them in the eyes of laws and know whether such laws could bring or have already brought any favorable changes to peoples’ lives in any way.Ĭonflicts and wars cause catastrophic effects on overall human health.
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