Access to medicines in the context of the right-to-health framework 2013, para. 3
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- Access to medicines is an integral component of the right to health, as enunciated under article 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in its interpretation of the normative content of article 12 issued its general comment No. 14 (2000) on the right to the highest attainable standard of health, which provides that all health services, goods and facilities, including medicines, should be made available, accessible, acceptable and of good quality. While several aspects of the right to health are understood to be progressively realizable, certain core obligations cast immediate obligations on States, including the provision of essential medicines to all persons in a non-discriminatory manner.
- 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
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Health, Report to the HRC (2013), A/HRC/23/42, para. 3.
- Paragraph number
- 3
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