Health Protection as a Citizen's Constitutional Right Through a Constitutional Court Decision

Abstract

Purpose: To find out the policies in fulfilling human rights related to health that are adhered to by everyone in Indonesia, both since the birth of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through the Constitutional Court Decision. Theoretical framework: Human Rights (HAM) were ratified starting in 1948. Every human being in Indonesia must get their right to health. The most important means of achieving this goal are national, legal, and political policies, especially laws. Method/design/approach: The methodology used is normative legal research using a qualitative approach. This study examines the fundamental right to health protection guaranteed by the Constitution, which the government must uphold for its citizens. Results and conclusion: The findings of this study show how the decisions of the Constitutional Court can protect and fulfill human rights in the health sector while ensuring that various statutory provisions made by the DPR and the President guarantee the protection of citizens' rights. Research implications: If the government makes a wrong policy in protecting the community. So, the government has violated human rights. This problem will result in an attitude of protest by the public in general so that the importance of a decision through the Constitutional Court Decision. Originality/value: The government has a significant role in making policies to protect its people. Because every human being in Indonesia has human rights regulated by the laws of the Republic of Indonesia.