Work of the mandate and priorities of the SR 2015, para. 105
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The human rights approach, together with the modern understanding of public health, warns against typifying violence into severe forms and those forms which are considered to be "milder" and thus perceived as not harmful. That can lead to the proliferation of practices which are justified as being "mild" forms of violence and thus tolerated or even recommended, such as domestic violence against women, female genital mutilation or the institutional care of young children.
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)
Harmful Practices
Health
Person(s) affected
Children
Women
Youth
Year
2015
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Health, Report to the HRC (2015), A/HRC/29/33, para. 105.