Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 50
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- There is a significant demand from civil society for accountability of Governments and other institutions. Sustainable Development Goal 16 includes a commitment to create effective, transparent and accountable institutions at all levels. Accountability is at the heart of human rights and central to the fight against corruption. Human rights-based accountability for corruption helps reveal where corruption has taken place and resulted in human rights abuses. Effective accountability processes are also important for the reason that they can have a deterrent effect in relation to corruption. It is therefore troubling that research suggests that accountability for corruption is rare, indicating a need for governments to take concerted steps to strengthen accountability mechanisms and processes.
- 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)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph focus
- Corruption and the normative framework of the right to health
- Paragraph number
- 50
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