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Right to health and criminalization of same-sex conduct and sexual orientation, sex-work and HIV transmission 2010, para. 34
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- Globally, there have been periods where sex work has been highly regulated or decriminalized, generally to manage certain aspects of sex work or to achieve control of disease, particularly within the military. However, prohibitions against sex work are regarded as "notoriously difficult to enforce" and of questionable utility where enforcement is accompanied by extortion and brutality. In recent times, significant opposition has arisen to the imposition of criminal sanctions against sex workers, and certain nations have amended laws to decriminalize sex work.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Occupational health 2012, para. 35
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- The right to occupational health indicators and benchmarks must be developed with the participation of workers and trade unions, including those in the informal economy. Monitoring of occupational health laws and policies on the basis of these mechanisms must be done transparently and in partnership with workers and the civil society, and all information resulting from this process must be made publicly available and accessible. Moreover, States must ensure that workers are intimately familiar with the right to health indicators and benchmarks so they can participate in the monitoring and evaluation of occupational health laws and policies on the basis of these mechanisms. Workers are best positioned to determine whether laws and policies affecting their occupational health are meeting the right to health benchmarks, and they have the greatest stake in ensuring that these laws and policies comply with the right to health. Ensuring that workers are familiar with the right to health indicators and benchmarks will additionally facilitate prospective State accountability by allowing workers to ascertain whether their right to occupational health is being realized.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Effective and full implementation of the right to health framework, including justiciability of ESCR and the right to health; the progressive realisation of the right to health; the accountability deficit of transnational corporations; and the current ... 2014, para. 16
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- Courts have enforced obligations to respect and protect with regard to the right to health. The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights elaborated, in Social and Economic Rights Action Center and Center for Economic and Social Rights v. Nigeria, that the obligation to respect within the right to health requires a State "to respect the free use of resources" of an individual or group "for the purpose of rights-related needs". In Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights v. Greece, the European Committee of Social Rights held that the State must engage in stronger regulatory practices to protect air quality, including the regulation of private actors, to protect its obligation under the right to health.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 27
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- In recent years, a number of United Nations human rights bodies have acknowledged the negative impacts of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights. By its decision 2002/106, the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights appointed a Special Rapporteur on the impact of corruption on human rights, in particular economic, social and cultural rights. In her reports, the Special Rapporteur established that the enjoyment of both civil and political and economic, social and cultural rights are seriously undermined by corruption. In a report published in 2015, the Advisory Committee to the Human Rights Council explained that a human rights perspective on the impact of corruption can move the victims to the centre of the fight against corruption by highlighting the negative impacts of corruption on the individuals and groups concerned. The human rights perspective also reveals that the State bears the ultimate responsibility for such acts. Establishing the links between corruption and human rights can promote access to human rights mechanisms to combat corruption, thus creating new opportunities for monitoring and litigation (see A/HRC/28/73, paras. 27-28 and 32).
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 87k
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- [The Special Rapporteur urges States to:] Ensure judicial and other forms of review of violations of anti-corruption legislation; and effective remedies where corruption leads to a violation of the right to health;
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 24
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- The right to health gives rise to obligations that provide a framework for action for duty bearers, as well as a framework of reference for monitoring and accountability. The right to health is subject to progressive realization. This means that many aspects of the right to health do not have to be realized immediately; rather, States must take effective and targeted measures towards the progressive realization of the right to health. However, States also have some immediate obligations, including core obligations such as the equitable distribution of health facilities, goods and services; the provision of essential medicines; access to minimum essential food, basic shelter, safe and potable water and sanitation; and the adoption of a national health strategy and plan of action on the basis of epidemiological information. The Committee on the Rights of the Child has also highlighted that universal health coverage is a core obligation (see the Committee’s general comment No. 15 (2013) on the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, para. 72). States must adopt and enforce legislative, regulatory and policy measures to ensure that corruption does not impede the fulfilment of their progressive and core obligations.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Children
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- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 14
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- Corruption is a significant challenge to the delivery of quality health care, which is central both to the right to health and to the commitment under Sustainable Development Goal 3 to universal health coverage. The health sector is extremely vulnerable to corruption at all levels — grand and petty, political and institutional — and occurring in both the public and private sectors. It is estimated that every year 180 billion euros are lost to fraud and corruption in health care globally. Health sector corruption negatively affects the (financial) resources available for health care; resources that are drained through embezzlement and procurement fraud are no longer available for paying salaries, funding health-care delivery or maintenance. For example, there is evidence suggesting that health sector corruption has a negative effect on cancer care and care for HIV/AIDS. While these trends are visible in countries at all levels of development, it is evident that lower-income countries are more deeply affected by health sector corruption and a lack of transparency. In some countries, the health sector is considered to be the most corrupt sector of all.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 87d
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- [The Special Rapporteur urges States to:] Progressively build resilient health systems, with a special focus on health promotion and primary care, so as to root out the problem of systemic incentives for corruption in health sector;
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 87q
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- [The Special Rapporteur urges States to:] Create awareness among health system users of their rights as well as identifying and reporting corrupt acts;
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 56
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- Private hospital and insurance boards and other institutions responsible for the financing and provision of health care or underlying determinants have an important role to play in combating corruption and lack of transparency within their organizations. They must ensure that they comply with national laws and regulations regarding corruption and human rights. They may adopt an anti-corruption strategy, including internal regulations aimed at prohibiting and preventing the diversion of budgets, medicines or medical supplies for personal advantage; the acceptance of informal payments by their health personnel; preferential treatment for well-connected individuals; the use of hospital equipment for private business; the improper referral of public hospital patients to private practices; and illegitimate absenteeism of medical personnel while being paid. When it comes to preventing informal payments, the creation of individual contracts with personnel and increased pay scales while sanctioning poor performance are recommended. In the case of whistle-blowers, hospital boards and other actors should refrain from punitive actions and provide adequate protection and guarantees to safeguard their personnel and services.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Access to medicines in the context of the right-to-health framework 2013, para. 6
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- While States have the primary responsibility for enhancing access to medicines, it is a shared responsibility in which numerous national and international actors have a role to play. In its general comment No. 3 (1990) on the nature of States parties' obligations, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights also stressed the obligation of States to take steps, individually and through international assistance and cooperation, especially economic and technical, towards the full realization of the rights recognized in the Covenant, including the right to health. Moreover, in the spirit of Articles 55 and 56 of the Charter of the United Nations, articles 2(1) and 23 of the Covenant, as well as the Alma-Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care, States should recognize the essential role of international cooperation and comply with their commitment to take joint and separate action to achieve the full realization of the right to health. According to the Human Rights Guidelines for Pharmaceutical Companies in relation to Access to Medicines, pharmaceutical companies should integrate human rights, including the right to health, into their strategies, policies, programmes, projects and activities.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2013
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Right to health in conflict situations 2013, para. 66
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- Remedies should not be limited to punitive actions against perpetrators but should also be directed towards restoring the right to health of affected persons and bridging the divisions in society that may arise from or give rise to continued conflict. As such, the remedies of satisfaction and guarantee of non-repetition, which include measures to cease current violations and prevent future violations as noted by the General Assembly in its resolution 60/147, are particularly important given the ongoing and systemic effects of conflict on the right to health. In the context of the right to health, guarantees of non-repetition include improving protection of health workers in conflict areas; providing clear codes of conduct on the appropriate use of medical facilities in conflict; training of, and awareness-raising among, appropriate actors, including law enforcement, on all aspects of the right to health; undertaking legal reforms including enacting laws that mandate non interference with the impartial provision of health care; and setting up independent dispute settlement and monitoring systems. The remedy of satisfaction includes judicial and administrative sanctions, acknowledgement of wrongdoing, and effective measures to end continuing violations.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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The right to health and international drug control, compulsory treatment for drug dependence and access to controlled medicines 2010, para. 70
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- Formulation of international guidelines concerning implementation of the international drug control treaties would address in detail the relationship between drug control efforts and human rights, and allow States to determine whether their efforts are consistent with a right-to-health approach. Such guidelines should seek to highlight the vulnerability of marginalized groups, such as people who use drugs and people living with HIV, who are most at risk of human rights violations as a result of drug control regimes. These guidelines must be developed in an inclusive, participatory and transparent consultation process with affected communities. International guidelines used to direct policy and programmes at a national level have already been developed for HIV and counter-terrorism, which outline how human rights standards apply in each context and list practical measures that should be undertaken by States in responding to those issues in accordance with a rights-based approach.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2010
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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The right to health and international drug control, compulsory treatment for drug dependence and access to controlled medicines 2010, para. 63
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- The international drug control treaties include space for a number of good-faith interpretations that allow for domestic legislative reform, even in the absence of significant changes to the international drug control regime. For instance, article 3, para. 2 of the 1988 United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances provides that obligations to criminalize possession for personal consumption are subordinate to the State's constitutional principles and the concepts of its legal system. For example, the Supreme Court of Argentina recently held that application of criminal sentences for possession of marijuana for personal use is unconstitutional. Subsequently, Argentina has taken legislative measures to decriminalize personal use of drugs. Mexico also recently decriminalized possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use, and both countries have been criticized by the International Narcotics Control Board, particularly on the grounds that the amendments send "the wrong message to the general public".
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2010
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Health financing in the context of the right to health 2012, para. 4
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- The right to heath approach to health financing is especially critical in the light of these global trends and challenges in financing for health. It provides a framework to ensure the prioritization of health in State budgets, strengthened by the active and informed participation of affected individuals and communities in the formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of health budgets. The approach requires the equitable allocation of health funds and resources and recognizes the essential role international assistance plays in ensuring that adequate funds and technical resources are available for health globally, particularly for low-income States. The approach emphasizes the importance of prioritizing funding for primary health care in striking a balance among financing the primary, secondary and tertiary care sectors. Finally, the right to health approach recognizes the resource divide among rural, remote and urban areas and requires States to equitably allocate health funds and resources to rural and remote areas to ensure the availability and accessibility of good quality health facilities, goods and services in those areas based on the principle of non-discrimination.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Health financing in the context of the right to health 2012, para. 1
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- Full realization of the right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is contingent upon the availability of adequate, equitable and sustainable financing for health, at the domestic and international levels. The present report thus considers health financing in the context of the right to health. It discusses the obligation of States to ensure adequate, equitable and sustainable domestic funding for health and provides a conceptual framework for a right to health approach to health financing. In particular, it examines States' obligations to: ensure that adequate funds are available for health and to prioritize funding for health in national budgets; ensure equitable allocation of health funds and resources; and cooperate internationally to ensure the availability of sustainable international funding for health. The report also explores a number of substantive issues in this regard, including taxation and international funding for health; pooling mechanisms, including social health insurance; and allocative concerns, such as allocation of health funds and resources among primary, secondary, and tertiary health care and the resource divide between rural, remote and urban areas.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 87j
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- [The Special Rapporteur urges States to:] Ensure monitoring and accountability in the health sector and related sectors through the establishment of well-resourced and independent anti-corruption and fraud agencies, as well as accessible and effective accountability procedures for health system users who encounter corrupt practices;
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 88e
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- [The Special Rapporteur also urges other relevant stakeholders to:] Address the production and dissemination of biased outcomes of research in psychiatry and prevent, through transparent changes in medical education, research and practice, institutional corruption in psychiatry and mental health care;
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 57
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- Organizations administering health insurance schemes and insurance regulators have a responsibility to prevent embezzlement, theft and illicit enrichment from the health insurance budget and bias in favour of certain procedures, medical professionals or products due to conflicts of interests. They should avoid adverse selection practices leading to patients being refused on the basis of their health status, age, financial capacity or other factors.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 88b
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- [The Special Rapporteur also urges other relevant stakeholders to:] Address, through legal, policy and other measures, corrupt practices taking place in all stages of the pharmaceutical value chain, including during research and development, manufacturing, registration, distribution, procurement and marketing of medicines;
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 83
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- The right to health offers a valuable normative framework and a legally binding imperative to address corruption in and beyond the health sector. The framework embraces the principles of good governance, transparency, accountability and participation. The right to health is closely related and dependent on other human rights, which are also important for combating corruption, including freedom of expression, which gives guarantees to whistle-blowers.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 94c
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- [To ensure that international cooperation secures the right to mental health and the 2030 Agenda, States and multilateral and international institutions should:] Advance global mental health in all monitoring activities of the Sustainable Development Goals, including high-level political forums.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 90
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- The Special Rapporteur seeks to develop, through an inclusive and participatory process and open dialogue, guidelines on human rights and mental health to support all stakeholders in the implementation of rights-based mental health policies in their respective areas of work. He welcomes contributions and suggestions in this respect.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 63
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- Arrangements for monitoring and review at the global, regional and national levels are still being developed. Multi-stakeholder, participatory, transparent and regular reviews will be essential. A wide variety of review mechanisms should play a role, including in political, administrative, judicial and quasi-judicial processes. There is a critical role for independent mechanisms at the national, regional and international levels.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 14
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- The right to health has been clarified in general comments and observations adopted by the United Nations treaty bodies, including general comment No. 14 of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. An increasingly rich jurisprudence and literature on the right to health has also enhanced understanding of this fundamental right.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 59
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- Monitoring means "providing critical and valid information on what is happening, where and to whom (results) and how much is spent, where, on what and on whom (resources)". It is envisaged that follow-up and review will be based on a set of global indicators and data to be complemented by regional and national indicators. The 2030 Agenda makes commitments to "high-quality, accessible, timely, reliable and disaggregated" data.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Work of the mandate and priorities of the SR 2015, para. 15
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- During the first years of the existence of the mandate, the first Special Rapporteur, in collaboration with the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the World Health Organization (WHO), civil society and the academic sector, developed a framework for analysing the right to health with a view to making it easier to understand and apply to health-related policies, programmes and projects in practice.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Work of the mandate and priorities of the SR 2015, para. 33
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- The right of everyone to physical and mental health can only be realized through concerted and sustained efforts, and shared responsibility by all stakeholders at national, regional and universal levels. It requires an unequivocal commitment to the realization of universal human rights principles as enshrined in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and human rights law and standards.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Right to health in early childhood - Right to survival and development 2015, para. 38
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- The Convention on the Rights of the Child, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and other international human rights treaties recognize the right to health and give rise to binding legal obligations on States parties to respect, protect and fulfil that right.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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Right to health in early childhood - Right to survival and development 2015, para. 92
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- Accountability processes provide an opportunity for duty bearers to explain what they have done and for adjustments to be made where human rights have not been respected and protected. They equally provide rights holders with an opportunity to engage with duty bearers in relation to the promotion and protection of their rights and to seek redress where violations have occurred.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2015
- Date modified
- Feb 14, 2020
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