A/HRC/RES/33/9
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
6 October 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-third session
Agenda item 3
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 29 September 2016
33/9.
The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest
attainable standard of physical and mental health
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and recalling the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the
Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
Reaffirming also General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 27 September 2015, entitled
“Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, and welcoming
the Sustainable Development Goals, including, inter alia, Goal 3 on ensuring healthy lives
and promoting well-being for all at all ages, and its specific and interlinked targets, and
other health-related Goals and targets,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 6/29 of 14 December 2007, 15/22 of
27 September 2010 and 24/6 of 8 October 2013, and all previous resolutions of the
Commission on Human Rights and the Council on the realization of the right of everyone to
the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health,
Recognizing the need for States, in cooperation with international organizations and
civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, to create
favourable conditions at the national, regional and international levels to ensure the full and
effective enjoyment of the right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical
and mental health,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1, on institution-building of the
Council, and 5/2, on the Code of Conduct for special procedure mandate holders of the
Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his or her
duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
1.
Welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the
enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health;
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