Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 88
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- Rights to sexual and reproductive health are therefore of critical importance. Sexual health is defined as a "state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being related to sexuality, not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity". Article 24 (2) (f) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and article 12 (2) of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women both recognize the right to the provision of family planning education and services, including to adolescents, without discrimination on any grounds. However, United Nations treaty bodies consistently raise concerns relating to the provision of sexual and reproductive health information, services and goods. They have also strongly affirmed that adolescents' sexual and reproductive health implicates a broad range of human rights, including to non-discrimination, freedom from torture or ill-treatment, privacy and education.
- 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
- Adolescents
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Health, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/32/32, para. 88.
- Paragraph number
- 88
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