The right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health 2013, para. 66
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The Committee encourages States parties that have not yet done so to ratify the international drug control conventions and the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The Committee underscores the importance of adopting a rights-based approach to substance use and recommends that, where appropriate, harm reduction strategies should be employed to minimize the negative health impacts of substance abuse.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Health
Person(s) affected
All
Children
Year
2013
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CRC General Comment No. 15, The right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (2013), para. 66.