Featuring Healthcare, Environment, and Human Rights: Applications of Artificial Intelligence in the Health Domain

Abstract

The right to the best possible level of physical and mental health is protected by a number of international legal instruments, such as the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. Both liberties and entitlements are included in this right and this includes the protection against torture and against non-consensual medical treatment or experimentation, which is especially important for people with disabilities. The entitlement is the freedom to obtain first-rate medical treatment without encountering prejudice. A human rights-based perspective on health requires nations to set up health systems that respect human rights and are efficient, gender-transforming, integrated, and accountable. It also urges the adoption of public health initiatives targeted at enhancing the fundamental factors that influence health, such access to hygienic conditions and clean water. This chapter deeply dives in the healthcare and human rights perspectives with artificial intelligence applications.