Sexual education 2010, para. 29

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The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights protects the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health (art. 12) and the right to education (art. 13) and prohibits all forms of discrimination (art. 2). In its general comment No. 14 (2000), the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights interpreted the right to health as an inclusive right "extending not only to timely and appropriate health care but also to the underlying determinants of health", among which it highlighted "access to health-related education and information, including on sexual and reproductive health".22
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right to education
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • All
Year
2010
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Education, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/162, para. 29.
Paragraph number
29