HRPC Quiz 2014

Round One: Patients’ Rights

Question 1

•What are the AAAQ components of the right to health?

Question 2

•What does the right to liberty protect in health care settings?

Question 3

• In the context of HRPC, what procedural obligation does a state have in relation to the right to life?

Question 4

•True or false: there are no exceptions to the prohibition on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment?

Question 5

• In complying with its access to information obligation, what information should states ensure that health care providers give to a person deciding whether or not to take an HIV test?

Question 6

•What relevance does the right to political participation have for people living with infectious diseases?

Question 7

•Name the 10 key patients’ rights

Round Two: Providers’ Rights

Question 8

•Name the three key sets of providers’ rights

Question 9

•True or false: health care professionals are never allowed to go on strike from work under any circumstances.

Question 10

•Give one example of a violation of the right to safe working conditions in the context of HRPC.

Round Three: International Framework

Question 11

•Name the three main ways that treaty-monitoring bodies monitor state compliance with the CESCR.

Question 12

•Name one non-legally binding UN human rights instrument relevant to HRPC and one non-legally binding human rights instrument from civil society.

Question 13

•What does an NGO have to do in order to attend a CESCR session?

Question 14

•How do NGOs know when to submit shadow reports to the CEDAW Committee and what is the CEDAW Committee’s email address?

Question 15

•How many of the core international human rights treaties contain state obligations relevant to HRPC?

Question 16

•Which treaty-monitoring body has issued the most influential legal commentary in relation to HRPC?

Round Four: Regional Framework

Question 17

•What are the two most important human rights instruments in the Europe region for our HRPC work?

Question 18

•Name 3 of the ECHR rights which are the most useful in arguing right to health violations?

Question 19

•Name two non-legally binding regional human rights instruments relevant to HRPC.

Question 20

• In what ways can NGOs influence the Committee of Ministers in relation to the implementation of ECtHR judgments?