The right to life and health is a kind of personality right. Divided into the right to life and health. The right to life is the premise of citizens' existence as human beings and sovereignty as rights, and it is also the basis for citizens to exercise other civil rights. The existence of life and the enjoyment of the right to life are the highest personal interests of everyone. Therefore, protecting life from illegal infringement is the first and most important human right of citizens.
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The right to life and health is the basis for natural persons to participate in all social activities and enjoy all other rights. It is the most basic right and the most basic human right, including three specific rights: the right to life, the right to body and the right to health.
This is different from the previous view that body rights were not emphasized separately. Traditionally, body right is implied in the connotation of health right, that is, "health right = physical health right".
However, with the deepening of people's understanding of the right to health, people gradually realize that health includes not only physical health, but also mental health, that is, physical and mental health. "Health right = physical health right+mental (psychological) health right". This view has been recognized by the United Nations International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
In fact, as an objective material existence, the body is the carrier of life and the support of health. Life is the foundation and premise of health, and health is regarded as an extension of life value and an important embodiment of quality of life. The right to life and health must be guaranteed, otherwise other rights will become passive water and trees without roots.
The right to life is the right that the safety of life is not illegally deprived or endangered. Body right is the right of natural person's body tissues, organs and functions not to be illegally harmed and independently controlled.
Of course, some scholars hold a negative attitude towards this view. The right to health is the right of citizens to enjoy their physical and mental health without illegal infringement according to law. This definition is different from the previous emphasis on body rights, which confuses the definitions of body rights and health rights.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Right to Life and Health