The right to health and development 2011, para. 14
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The right to health is of particular importance to development. It is an inclusive right that encompasses the underlying determinants of health such as access to food and water and sanitation and poverty and discrimination. As such, the right to health is implicated in nearly all development activities, and should be a central component of development programming.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Gender
Health
Water & Sanitation
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2011
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Health, Report to the HRC (2011), A/HRC/17/25, para. 14.