Rights of the child: The right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health 2013, para. 35
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Acknowledges that children are among the most vulnerable affected during crises, both human-made crises, such as armed conflicts, and natural disasters, and that those situations can debilitate or destroy the lifelines – health services and medicines, water supply, power and food supply systems – needed for day-to-day survival, well-being and growth, with negative health consequences, and requests States, as well as parties to conflict, to allow and facilitate provision of and non-discriminatory access to emergency health care;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Health
Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
Children
Year
2013
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
HRC resolution, Rights of the child: The right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (2013), A/HRC/RES/22/32, OP 35.