The Health theme of BHRIGHT explores the boundaries between health, government and business.
The human right to the highest attainable standard of health and mental health is a comprehensive human right concerned with the legal, social, political and economic determinants of health and well-being. The human right to health provides a unique lens through which to tackle major questions of law and social policy pertaining to business conduct. It provides a framework for connecting the experiences of individuals with broad systems in which they live, produce and work. Realisation of the human right to health is linked with business in multiple ways. The close connections between health and business has been starkly highlighted by COVID-19. Health, Business and Human Rights will be of continuing significance in the post COVID-19 era where an epidemic of acute mental distress is forecast to emerge alongside economic crisis.
