ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, GUARANTEE OF THE RIGHT TO HEALTH IN HONDURAS.

Abstract

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights are those that, together with Civil and Political Rights, form an inseparable part of the human person. However, due to the intimate relationship between them, international doctrine has placed civil and political rights in a higher position than ESCR, wrongly calling them “Second Generation Rights”, whose fulfillment will be progressive and to the extent that resources allow, which has caused countries to take the power to determine the way in which they will fulfill their international obligation to guarantee these rights. This is the case of Honduras, where there is evidence of a crisis of guarantee and access to ESCR, which is why it is necessary to carry out research with a theoretical/dogmatic approach, aimed at determining whether Honduras has complied with the international obligation to effectively guarantee the enjoyment of the specific right to health, using as a basis the international standards of availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality in terms of guarantee of ESCR, and if not, to find the possible causes of its non-compliance and finally, to formulate recommendations to improve access and guarantee of this right.