International cooperation and the achievement of the right to health: an analysis of the BRICS agenda

Abstract

This paper intends to analyze the potential of the political cooperation between Brazil, Russia, China, India and South Africa, country members of BRICS, of fostering an agenda also based on the achievement of human rights. International cooperation is believed to be a fraternal instrument capable of accelerating the achievement of human rights, it enables not only economic development but also the realization of rights; in particular, human rights. In this sense, the idea starts to take shape that the cooperation agenda framework of BRICS provides a real possibility for new forms of international cooperation, and despite of being a group of countries geographically distant from each other, they regard cooperation as the strengthening of international relations. Furthermore, this new cooperation agenda attributes an important role to the right to health, representing a primary social right for human development, which breaks boundaries, contributes in overcoming barriers between sovereign States and, in this way, allows the creation of a consensus and of pacts.