While the right to health has gained significant momentum in international law over the past two years, there is little clarity on what it means for States to comply with this right in times of COVID-19. Taking Articles 2(1) and 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as a starting point, our article follows an approach guided by the rules of treaty interpretation under the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties to suggest how right to health obligations to prevent, treat and control infectious diseases should be interpreted in relation to COVID-19, and how these obligations interact with general obligations of immediacy, progressive realisation, minimum core and international assistance and cooperation in this context. This article makes a novel contribution to clarifying the right to health during COVID-19, thus enhancing capacity for the oversight of this right; its incorporation in global health law; and the understanding of its corresponding obligations in future global health emergencies.

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冠状病毒时代的北极星？解释在 COVID-19 大流行期间实现健康权的国际义务

尽管健康权在过去两年中在国际法中获得了巨大的发展势头，但对于各国在 COVID-19 时代遵守这项权利意味着什么还不清楚。我们的文章以《经济、社会、文化权利国际公约》第 2 条第 1 款和第 12 条为出发点，遵循《维也纳条约法公约》条约解释规则指导下的方法，建议权利如何预防、治疗和控制传染病的健康义务应结合 COVID-19 进行解释，以及这些义务如何与这方面的即时、逐步实现、最低核心和国际援助与合作的一般义务相互作用。这篇文章为阐明 COVID-19 期间的健康权做出了新的贡献，从而加强监督这项权利的能力；将其纳入全球卫生法；以及对其在未来全球突发卫生事件中的相应义务的理解。