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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 23
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- The right to health is recognized in the Constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO) and protected by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international human rights treaties which are binding on States parties, including 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, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. Additionally, regional human rights treaties and many domestic constitutions protect the right to health. These international treaties and domestic laws obligate States to take action to respect, protect and fulfil the right to health and to address corruption where it interferes with their right-to-health obligations. They should inform responses to corruption alongside other legal instruments, such as the United Nations Convention against Corruption.
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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
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Right to health in early childhood - Right to survival and development 2015, para. 112n
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- [In this connection, the Special Rapporteur urges Governments:] To put an end to the criminalization and penalization of parents in situations of risk and ensure their access to appropriate services and child-friendly treatment options.
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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
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 76
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- The right to health approach to migrant workers fills gaps in existing frameworks that protect migrant workers and their families and bolsters protections contained therein. It provides necessary safeguards to migrant workers by recognizing that migrant workers and nationals of a specific State have equal rights which must not be limited. [...]
- Body
- 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
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 7
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- Rights of migrant workers are explicitly recognized under a number of international law instruments. The 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families details the rights of migrant workers and their families throughout the entire migration process, tailoring the obligation of States according to the stage of migration, including departure from and return to sending States, and transit and employment in receiving States.
- Body
- 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
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 53
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- The Convention establishes that all mental health services designed for persons with disabilities are to be effectively monitored by independent authorities (art. 16.3). Human rights must be incorporated into the framework of reference for all monitoring and review procedures in the field of mental health. The Special Rapporteur encourages national human rights institutions to pay attention to the right to mental health in their monitoring and promotion activities. Persons with lived experience, their families and civil society should be engaged in the development and implementation of monitoring and accountability arrangements.
- Body
- 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
- Families
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2017
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Right to health in early childhood - Right to survival and development 2015, para. 104
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- States, as primary duty bearers under international human rights law, are under a duty to protect the right to health by ensuring that the actions of third parties contribute to and do not jeopardize it. For example, States must support and assist, to the maximum their extent of available resources, parents and caregivers to care for children and secure the living conditions necessary for their health and optimal development; and protect child victims of violence and witnesses and investigate and punish those responsible for its occurrence.
- Body
- 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
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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. 8
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- The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action stresses the indivisible, interdependent and interrelated nature of the two sets of rights. This is reinforced by the necessity of the realization of one to fulfil the other. For example, ensuring equal treatment of men and women in all spheres of their lives, such as the right to found a family, contained in article 23 (2) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, cannot be achieved unless the right to sexual and reproductive health of women is realized by ensuring their right to access health facilities, goods and services.
- Body
- 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
- Families
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 57
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- The Special Rapporteur is pleased to observe the adoption by the International Labour Office (ILO) in 2011 of Domestic Workers Convention No. 189 and Recommendation No. 201, which details requirements for protection from harassment and violence, occupational health and safety, written contracts and protection under labour laws. This follows general comment No. 1 (2010) on migrant domestic workers of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, which pays particular attention to the vulnerability of migrant domestic workers throughout the different stages of migration. Implementation of these instruments would provide greater protection to migrant domestic workers at all stages of the migration process, thereby creating an enabling environment consistent with the obligation to fulfil the right to health.
- Body
- 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
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2013
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The realization of the right to health of older persons 2011, para. 55
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- Palliative care has grown significantly in the last 30 years and is progressively implemented within national health systems, although this has been done to varying extents. The wide range of measures taken in different States shows the growing importance of ensuring quality of life of older persons towards the end of their lives and providing support for their families. In some countries palliative care is recognized only in the context of certain chronic diseases such as cancer. Other States have integrated palliative care into their national health legislation and plans of action and created institutions which are devoted to palliative care. Some other countries have placed obligations on health institutions to have staff qualified in palliative care or have established group of experts on the issue.
- Body
- 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
- Families
- Older persons
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The realization of the right to health of older persons 2011, para. 48
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- Formalized long-term care of both types is already prevalent in much of the developed world. In the developing world, traditional social dynamics are also undergoing changes due to various globalizing factors. Families play a steadily less prominent role as primary health-caregiver of older persons, and government institutions and medical professionals are assuming a bigger role in care-giving. The situation is exacerbated in developing countries by the lack of adequate institutional mechanisms and absence of measures to protect the rights for older persons in the context of external and non-family care. Developed countries, where infringements on the rights of older persons also take place, feature only relatively better in developing such mechanisms.
- Body
- 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
- Families
- Older persons
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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