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?