A/71/304
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to
the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical
and mental health
Summary
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable
Development Goals provide an opportunity to improve the health and human rights
of those furthest behind. Human rights and the right-to-health framework can
contribute to their effective implementation and achievement. The present report
highlights the mutually reinforcing complementarities between the Goals and the
right to health. It considers four issues in focus to illustrate how the right to health
can help to address critical implementation gaps within the Sustainable Development
Goals framework, namely, equality and non-discrimination; accountability; universal
health coverage; and violence.
Contents
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I.
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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II.
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: key issues and principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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III.
The right to health and the Sustainable Development Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A.
The right to health as a framework for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals . .
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B.
Health care and the underlying determinants of the right to health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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C.
Participation and access to information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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D.
Obligations under the right to health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Issues in focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A.
Leaving no one behind: equity, equality and non-discrimination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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B.
Accountability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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C.
Universal health coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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D.
Violence as a public health issue in the Sustainable Development Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Conclusions and recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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