Reflections on Decolonial Imperatives in Global Health Law

Global health law in theory and practice can either work to ameliorate  the devastating consequences of colonialism, class hierarchies, and  structural racism in health, or it can ratify and exacerbate them. It  can protect, under protect, overprotect, or fail to protect – it is not  and cannot be neutral. Global health law reflects the choices and  practices of States and other actors, which includes both action and  inaction. Inaction or silence on the part of global health law is a  choice that ratifies the status quo of coloniality, class exploitation,  and structural racism in health.