nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/a05a79c736e624d3 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 241018s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/a05a79c736e624d3 doi eng 342 23 Castagnari Aznar, Valentina Author aut Non-Retrogression as Progress - Protecting the right to health against private economic interests in Uruguay and Ecuador Castagnari Aznar, Valentina Verfassungsblog 2024-10-18 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Latin America has often led the way in protecting the right to health, particularly in regulating risk factors such as tobacco and unhealthy diets. However, some of these advancements have recently been jeopardized as governments prioritize private economic interests over health. Judicialization has thus emerged as an opportunity – perhaps the only one – to defend progress achieved. Given recent judicial rulings in Uruguay and Ecuador, we reflect on the fragility of legal interventions that threaten powerful economic interests, as well as on the opportunities offered by human rights-based litigation. CC BY-SA 4.0 Ecuador health protection Human Rights right to health Uruguay Serrano Guzmán, Silvia Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/right-to-health-ecuador-uruguay/ raw object