National Security, Public Health: Exceptions to Human Rights? - 9781138309067

Taylor & Francis

The book deals with the complicated relationships between national security and human rights, and between public health and human rights. Its premise is the fact that national security and public health are both included in human rights instruments as \u2018exceptions\u2019 to the human rights therein sanctioned, yet they can arguably be considered as human rights themselves and be equally valuable. The book therefore asks to what extent the protection of the individual could \u2013 or should \u2013 be overridden to enable the protection of the national security or public health of the general public. Both practice and case law have shown that human rights risk being set aside when they clash with the protection of national security or public health. Through theoretical analysis and practical examples, the book addresses the conflicts that arise when the concepts of national security and public health are used \u2013 and abused \u2013 and other rights, including freedom of speech, pr.