A/HRC/RES/24/6
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 October 2013
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-fourth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
24/6.
The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable
standard of physical and mental health
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and recalling the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the
Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 6/29 of 14 December 2007 and 15/22
of 30 September 2010, and all previous resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights
and the Council on the realization of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest
attainable standard of physical and mental health,
Recognizing the need for States, in cooperation with international organizations and
civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, to create
favourable conditions at the national, regional and international levels to ensure the full and
effective enjoyment of the right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical
and mental health,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 on institution-building of the
Council, and 5/2, on the Code of Conduct for the special procedures mandate holders of the
Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his or her
duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its twenty-fourth session (A/HRC/24/2), Part One.
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