Effectiveness of the Human Right to Health Through the Amparo Trial

Abstract

Objective: Analyze the effectiveness of the right to health through the amparo trial.

Materials and methods: The study methodology focuses on a qualitative analysis of judicial decisions related to the right to health in Mexico, integrating interdisciplinary approaches that include the complex perspective of the right to health. It evaluates how the interpretation of the Federal Judiciary has been guaranteeing since the 90s, even before the Constitutional Reform of Human Rights of 2011, for which cases will be considered where acts of inequality were notorious. The investigation also resorts to strategic litigation through injunctions, providing empirical experiences for analysis and establishing precedents in the matter.

Results: The protection of the right to health has been evolving over the years, it is clear to see the progressivity in this right; Inequality, poverty and bureaucracy are the product of inefficient public policy, however, the Judiciary has been an instrument for the direct justiciability of human rights in complex situations, in this case, the right to health.

Conclusions: The amparo trial in Mexico has transcended its programmatic role to become a key instrument of the Judiciary in the effective protection of the right to health since the 1990s, making up for the deficiencies of public policies and leading advances in issues such as discrimination and access to medical treatments. The Constitutional Reform of 2011 has reinforced this mechanism, facilitating social justice in the face of inequalities in access to health, and pointing the way towards a more comprehensive understanding of human rights that goes beyond the letter of the law.

Keyword: Human right; Medical coverage; Civil rights.