Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 23

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Further group-specific protections are found in other human rights treaties, but the Committee on the Rights of the Child has been at the forefront of efforts to apply the right to health in the context of adolescents, notably in its general comment No. 4 (2003) on adolescent health and development in the context of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and general comment No. 15 (2013) on the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health.
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)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
  • Children
Year
2016
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Health, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/32/32, para. 23.
Paragraph number
23