A/HRC/38/36
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to
the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical
and mental health
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................
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II.
The right to health in the context of confinement and deprivation of liberty ...............................
5
A.
Intrinsic links, systemic omissions .......................................................................................
5
B.
Right-to-health framework ..................................................................................................
6
III.
Relationship between mental health and forced confinement and deprivation of liberty ..............
10
IV.
Children deprived of liberty ..........................................................................................................
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A.
Overview ..............................................................................................................................
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B.
Penal institutions ...................................................................................................................
12
Women, the right to health, and confinement ...............................................................................
14
A.
Addressing the gendered pathways of incarceration .............................................................
15
B.
Conditions of incarceration ...................................................................................................
16
C.
Women with disabilities .......................................................................................................
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From confinement to community: ending public-health detention ...............................................
17
A.
Criminalization as a determinant of the right to health for people living with tuberculosis .
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B.
Community-based care and tuberculosis ..............................................................................
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Conclusions and recommendations ...............................................................................................
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V.
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VII.
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