Economic Sanctions as Social Determinants of Health

[摘要] Background: In the recent years economic sanctions have been very often applied in order to force states to change their behavior at international level and conform to the international law. Many studies show that sanctions are associated with deterioration of people’s enjoyment of their economic, social and cultural rights including right to health. Usually the sanctions regimes are established in the way not to target health of people, but they adversely affect it.

[学科分类] 基础医学

[关键词] Economic Sanctions;Right to Health;Embargoes;Human Rights;Determinants of Health