ICJ to Launch Right to Health Bench book amid UHC rollout

Elsy Sainna, Executive Director, ICJ-Kenya during the validation exercise of the Right to Health Bench book. [Fred Kagonye, Standard]

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Kenyan section alongside other key stakeholders in the judicial and legal sector kicked off in earnest a validation exercise of the, 'right to health bench book' that will serve as a legal resource guide for actors in the legal sector including judges, magistrates and legal practitioners.

The health bench book which is part of ICJ Kenya's, Unpacking Health Rights for Accountability to Facilitate Access to Health Services in Kenya project, seeks to contribute to the realization of the rights to health, which is a fundamental human right guaranteed in the Kenyan constitution.