Rights to protection and increasing participation are mutually reinforcing. Guaranteeing adolescents the right to be heard, to challenge rights violations and to seek redress empowers them to exercise agency in their own protection. Failure to do so will condemn millions globally to continuing and extreme violations of their rights.
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
Governance & Rule of Law
Health
Person(s) affected
Adolescents
Year
2016
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Health, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/32/32, para. 44.