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The right to food 2017, para. 3
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- Recalling further the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which provides that everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for her or his health and well-being, including food, the Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition, the United Nations Millennium Declaration, in particular Millennium Development Goal 1 on eradicating extreme poverty and hunger by 2015, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular the Sustainable Development Goals on ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture and on ending poverty in all its forms everywhere,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
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- 2017
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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The right to food 2017, para. 4
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- Recalling the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in which the right of everyone to adequate food, including the fundamental right of every person to be free from hunger, is recognized,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
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- 2017
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- Mar 10, 2020
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Promoting the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health through enhancing capacity-building in public health 2016, para. 17
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- Emphasizing the importance of timely international cooperation in the area of health, and in particular in the prevention and control of infectious diseases, particularly during outbreaks and emergencies, including the need to cooperate on health research and development and tackling antimicrobial resistance based on the principles of mutual respect and equality, and in the context of the International Health Regulations (2005) of the World Health Organization, with a view to strengthening capacity-building in public health, especially in developing countries, through, inter alia, the exchange of information and the sharing of experience, and research and training programmes focusing on surveillance, prevention, control, response, and care and treatment,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Mental health and human rights 2016, para. 7
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- Reaffirming the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, and emphasizing that mental health is an integral part of that right,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Promoting the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health through enhancing capacity-building in public health 2016, para. 10
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- Expressing deep concern at the continued deleterious impact of infectious diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, Ebola, tuberculosis and malaria and the increasing number of epidemics and health emergencies, and non-communicable diseases, which place major demands on health resources and capabilities, together with a heavy disease burden on many countries, in particular developing countries, including the least developed countries, small island developing States and landlocked developing countries,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
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- 2016
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Mental health and human rights 2016, para. 3
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- Reaffirming that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interrelated, interdependent and mutually reinforcing,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
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- Mar 10, 2020
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Promoting the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health through enhancing capacity-building in public health 2016, para. 13
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- Convinced that strengthening public health is critical to the development of all Member States, and that economic and social development are enhanced through measures that strengthen capacity-building in public health, including training, recruitment and retention of sufficient public health personnel, and systems of prevention of and immunization against infectious diseases,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
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- 2016
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- Mar 10, 2020
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Mental health and human rights 2016, para. 6
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- Recalling that, according to the Constitution of the World Health Organization, health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
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- 2016
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- Mar 10, 2020
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Promoting the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health through enhancing capacity-building in public health 2016, para. 6
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- Reaffirming also the right of every human being, without distinction of any kind, to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health and to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of oneself and one’s family, including adequate food, hygiene and sanitation, clothing and housing, and to the continuous improvement of living conditions,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
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- Mar 10, 2020
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Mental health and human rights 2016, para. 4
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- Reaffirming also that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, and recognizing that these rights derive from the inherent dignity of the human person,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
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- 2016
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- Mar 10, 2020
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Mental health and human rights 2016, para. 2
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- Guided also by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and by all relevant international human rights treaties, in particular the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 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,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- 2016
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- Mar 10, 2020
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Mental health and human rights 2016, para. 13
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- Convinced that the Human Rights Council, in fulfilling its responsibility for promoting universal respect for the protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction of any kind and in a fair and equal manner, has an important role to play in the area of mental health and human rights to foster constructive international dialogue and cooperation, and to promote human rights education and learning, and also advisory services, technical assistance, capacity-building and awareness-raising,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
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- Year
- 2016
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- Mar 10, 2020
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Mental health and human rights 2016, para. 9
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- Reaffirming the right of everyone to be guaranteed the full enjoyment of their human rights and fundamental freedoms, without discrimination of any kind,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
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- Mar 10, 2020
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Promoting the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health through enhancing capacity-building in public health 2016, para. 5
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- Reaffirming that the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is a human right as reflected in, inter alia, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and, with respect to non-discrimination, in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and that such a right derives from the inherent dignity of the human person,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
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- All
- Year
- 2016
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- Mar 10, 2020
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 2
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- Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Person(s) affected
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- Year
- 2016
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- Mar 10, 2020
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 9
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- Recognizing also that efforts at the local, national, regional and international levels have led to a decline in the global prevalence of female genital mutilation,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Person(s) affected
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- 2016
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- Mar 10, 2020
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 10
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- Recognizing further the role of regional and subregional instruments and mechanisms in the prevention and elimination of female genital mutilation,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Person(s) affected
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- Year
- 2016
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Elimination of female genital mutilation 2016, para. 15
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- Recalling the inter-agency global strategy initiated in 2010 by the World Health Organization to stop health-care providers from performing female genital mutilation,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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The right to food 2016, para. 3
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- Recalling further the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which provides that everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for her or his health and well-being, including food, the Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition, the United Nations Millennium Declaration, in particular Millennium Development Goal 1 on eradicating extreme poverty and hunger by 2015, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular the Sustainable Development Goals on ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture and on ending poverty in all its forms everywhere,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2016
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health: sport and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors 2014, para. 10
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- Recognizing the important role of the international community and international cooperation in assisting Member States, particularly developing countries, in complementing national efforts to generate an effective response to non-communicable diseases, in the context of the promotion and protection of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
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- 2014
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- Mar 10, 2020
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The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health: sport and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors 2014, para. 9
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- Recognizing further the primary role and responsibility of States, in the context of the promotion and protection of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, in responding to the challenge of non-communicable diseases and the essential need for the efforts and engagement of all sectors of society to generate effective responses for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
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- Year
- 2014
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- Mar 10, 2020
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The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health: sport and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors 2014, para. 7
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- Recognizing the urgent need for further measures at the global, regional and national levels to prevent and control non-communicable diseases, particularly by addressing their common risk factors, namely tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity, in order to achieve progressively the full realization of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
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- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health: sport and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors 2014, para. 8
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- Recognizing also 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,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
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- Year
- 2014
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- Mar 10, 2020
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The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health: sport and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors 2014, para. 1
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- 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,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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The right to food 2014, para. 8
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- Reaffirming the Five Rome Principles for Sustainable Global Food Security contained in the Declaration of the World Summit on Food Security, adopted on 16 November 2009,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
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- 2014
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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Access to medicines in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health 2013, para. 10
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- Concerned also that the increasing incidence of non-communicable diseases constitutes a heavy burden on society, with serious social and economic consequences, which represent a leading threat to human health and development, and recognizing the urgent need for further measures at the global, regional and national levels to prevent and control such diseases in order to contribute to the full realization of the right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health,
- Body
- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association 2013, para. 4
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- Recalling that, in accordance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and as similarly prescribed in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, no restriction may be placed on the exercise of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association other than those that are prescribed by law and that are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security or public safety, public order (ordre public), the protection of public health or morals or the protection of the rights and freedoms of others,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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The right to food 2014, para. 4
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- Recalling the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in which the right of everyone to adequate food, including the fundamental right of every person to be free from hunger, is recognized,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2014
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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The right to food 2013, para. 7
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- Reaffirming the commitment made in the ministerial declaration of the 2009 high-level segment of the Economic and Social Council to eliminating hunger and to securing food for all,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Date modified
- Mar 10, 2020
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The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation 2012, para. 9
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- Recalling World Health Assembly resolution 64/24 of May 2011, in which the Assembly urged Member States to, inter alia, “ensure that national health strategies contribute to the realization of water- and sanitation-related Millennium Development Goals while coming in support to the progressive realization of the human right to water and sanitation that entitles everyone, without discrimination, to water and sanitation that is sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable for personal and domestic uses”,
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- United Nations Human Rights Council
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Water & Sanitation
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
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- Mar 10, 2020
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