A/HRC/29/33
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
2 April 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-ninth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to
the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical
and mental health, Dainius Pūras
Summary
In the present report, submitted pursuant to Council resolution 24/6, the Special
Rapporteur provides a brief account of his activities since he took office in August 2014.
The main focus of the report is on the work of the mandate of the Special
Rapporteur on the right to health, focusing on the right to health framework, and the
development of the contours and content of the right to health. He then reflects on how he
sees the way forward, based on the current context, challenges and opportunities for the full
realisation of the right to health.
The Special Rapporteur provides his conclusions and observations.
GE.15-07062 (E)