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Alimentación, nutrición y el derecho a la salud
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2023
- Código de documento
- A/78/185
- Fecha de adición
- 12 de dic. de 2023
Documento
Innovación digital, tecnologías y derecho a la salud
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2023
- Código de documento
- A/HRC/53/65
- Fecha de adición
- 12 de dic. de 2023
Documento
El racismo y el derecho a la salud
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2022
- Código de documento
- A/77/197
- Fecha de adición
- 12 de dic. de 2023
Documento
La violencia y su impacto en el derecho a la salud
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2022
- Código de documento
- A/HRC/50/28
- Fecha de adición
- 12 de dic. de 2023
Documento
Derechos de salud sexual y reproductiva: retos y oportunidades durante la pandemia de COVID-19
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2021
- Código de documento
- A/76/172
- Fecha de adición
- 12 de dic. de 2023
Documento
Prioridades estratégicas de la labor
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2021
- Código de documento
- A/HRC/47/28
- Fecha de adición
- 12 de dic. de 2023
Documento
Comentario sobre la pandemia de COVID-19
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2020
- Código de documento
- A/75/163
- Fecha de adición
- 11 de dic. de 2023
Documento
Salud mental y derechos humanos: Establecer una agenda global basada en los derechos
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2020
- Código de documento
- A/HRC/44/48
- Fecha de adición
- 11 de dic. de 2023
Documento
Un enfoque de la formación del personal sanitario basado en los derechos humanos
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2019
- Código de documento
- A/74/174
- Fecha de adición
- 11 de dic. de 2023
Documento
El papel de los determinantes de la salud en el avance del derecho a la salud mental
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2019
- Código de documento
- A/HRC/41/34
- Fecha de adición
- 11 de dic. de 2023
Documento
Derecho a la salud mental de las personas que se desplazan
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2018
- Código de documento
- A/73/216
- Fecha de adición
- 11 de dic. de 2023
Documento
Privación de libertad y derecho a la salud
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2018
- Código de documento
- A/HRC/38/36
- Fecha de adición
- 11 de dic. de 2023
Documento
Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2016
- Código de documento
- A/71/304
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Documento
Right to health in early childhood - Right to survival and development
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2015
- Código de documento
- A/70/213
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Documento
Right to health and criminalization of same-sex conduct and sexual orientation, sex-work and HIV transmission
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2010
- Código de documento
- A/HRC/14/20
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Documento
Corruption and the right to health
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2017
- Código de documento
- A/72/137
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Documento
The right to mental health
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2017
- Código de documento
- A/HRC/35/21
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Documento
Migrant worker’s right to health
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2013
- Código de documento
- A/HRC/23/41
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Documento
Right to health in conflict situations
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2013
- Código de documento
- A/68/297
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Report on expert consultation on access to medicines
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2011
- Código de documento
- A/HRC/17/43
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Documento
The right to health and development
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2011
- Código de documento
- A/HRC/17/25
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Documento
Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2016
- Código de documento
- A/HRC/32/33
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Documento
Right to health of adolescents
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2016
- Código de documento
- A/HRC/32/32
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Documento
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 ...
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2014
- Código de documento
- A/69/299
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Documento
Health financing in the context of the right to health
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2012
- Código de documento
- A/67/302
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Documento
The right to health and international drug control, compulsory treatment for drug dependence and access to controlled medicines
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2010
- Código de documento
- A/65/255
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Documento
Criminalisation of sexual and reproductive health
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2011
- Código de documento
- A/66/254
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Documento
Access to medicines in the context of the right-to-health framework
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2013
- Código de documento
- A/HRC/23/42
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Documento
Work of the mandate and priorities of the SR
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2015
- Código de documento
- A/HRC/29/33
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Documento
Unhealthy foods, non-communicable diseases and the right to health
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2014
- Código de documento
- A/HRC/26/31
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Documento
The realization of the right to health of older persons
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2011
- Código de documento
- A/HRC/18/37
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Documento
Occupational health
- Organo
- Relator especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental
- Condicón jurídica
- Derecho dispositivo no negociado
- Tipo de documento
- Informe de procedimientos especiales
- Año
- 2012
- Código de documento
- A/HRC/20/15
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Documento
Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 23
- Paragraph text
- 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.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Families
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 52
- Paragraph text
- Community empowerment initiatives working with poor and marginalized communities have achieved extraordinary health outcomes, for example in the global fight to end HIV/AIDS (target 3.3) (E/HLPF/2016/2, para. 107). Economic and social empowerment, such as the decriminalization of sex work and sex worker mobilization, have improved health and identified critical health gaps (Goals 3 and 5). Community mobilization to attain adequate and stable housing for homeless people living with HIV can have life-saving implications for their health (targets 3.3 and 11.1). Efforts to empower parents in vulnerable situations through participatory parental education initiatives reduce the risk of negative health outcomes for their children (Goal 3 and targets 4.2, 5.2 and 16.2). When young girls have access to education, child mortality rates and girls' long-term health improve (Goals 3, 4 and 5) (A/70/213, para. 9). Investments in such initiatives place the human rights principles of autonomy and participation at the centre of public health policy and are critical components of an open, inclusive and peaceful society.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Families
- Girls
- Youth
- Año
- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Right to health in early childhood - Right to survival and development 2015, para. 9
- Paragraph text
- Low birth weight, lack of breastfeeding, undernutrition, overcrowded living conditions, indoor air pollution, unsafe drinking water and food and poor hygiene practices are the main immediate risk factors for pneumonia and diarrhoea. However, while such diseases are proximate causes of death and are duly reflected in statistics, poverty and inequalities are the root causes, or underlying social determinants. Poverty increases young children's exposure to risks such as poor nutrition, violence, inadequate sanitation, lower levels of maternal education, inadequate stimulation in the home, increased maternal stress and depression and, at the same time, limits access to health and other services. In 2013 the under-5 mortality rate in low-income countries was more than 12 times the average rate in high-income countries. There are also significant disparities in under-5 mortality and morbidity within countries, driven by poverty, gender and other inequalities. Low levels of literacy and poor access to education among women correlate strongly with high rates of under-5 mortality.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Health
- Poverty
- Water & Sanitation
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Women
- Youth
- Año
- 2015
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Unhealthy foods, non-communicable diseases and the right to health 2014, para. 63
- Paragraph text
- In keeping with their obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the right to health, States should formulate and implement a national public health strategy and plan of action to address diet-related NCDs, which should be widely disseminated. Such a strategy should recognize the link between unhealthy foods and NCDs, while specifically addressing the structural flaws in food production, marketing and retail that promote the availability and accessibility of unhealthy foods over healthier options. Towards this end, States should necessarily develop multisectoral approaches that include all relevant ministries such as ministries of health, agriculture, finance, industry and trade. States should also ensure meaningful and effective participation of affected communities such as farmers and vulnerable groups like children, women and low-income groups in all levels of decision-making to discourage production and consumption of unhealthy foods and promote the availability and accessibility of healthier food options.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Women
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
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. 74
- Paragraph text
- The Special Rapporteur recommends that States ratify the Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure, thereby recognizing the competence of the respective committees to consider individual communications with a view to ensuring the availability of an international adjudicatory mechanism for individuals whose right to health has been violated. The Special Rapporteur further recommends that States recognize the competence of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to receive and consider inter-State communications.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
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
- Paragraph text
- 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.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Occupational health 2012, para. 35
- Paragraph text
- 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.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Occupational health 2012, para. 24
- Paragraph text
- The right to access information is central to the right to health and an essential component of active and informed participation. It includes the right to access health-related education and information and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas concerning health issues. States also have a positive obligation in this respect to provide workers with health and rights-related information and to ensure that third parties, including private employers, do not limit access to such information. The ILO also requires States to ensure that national health laws and policies provide workers with comprehensive information, education and training related to occupational health. The right to occupational health thus requires that employers make available and accessible information concerning all health and safety risks, including those related to production inputs and equipment, machinery and chemicals used in the work place. States must further ensure that workers' right to access information affecting their occupational health supersedes employers' rights to protect commercial information under commercial confidentiality, trade secret and other related laws.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Health financing in the context of the right to health 2012, para. 12
- Paragraph text
- General Comment No. 14 of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recognizes that investments in health should not disproportionately favour expensive curative care services, which are often accessible only to a small fraction of the population, over primary and preventive health care, which benefit a far larger part of the population. Primary health-care services are generally less costly than secondary and tertiary care, which by definition require health-care workers with specialized training, sophisticated diagnostic equipment and significant physical health infrastructure. Investment in primary health care is thus more cost-efficient in the long run because it prevents illness and promotes general health, which reduces the need for more costly secondary and tertiary care. The resulting savings may be reinvested in the health system, possibly in the form of additional health-care subsidies for the poor. The right to health thus requires an efficient allocation of health funds and resources between primary, secondary and tertiary care sectors, with an emphasis on primary health care.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
The realization of the right to health of older persons 2011, para. 13
- Paragraph text
- The Special Rapporteur believes that the dominant view, which considers ageing a biomedical problem, leads to the unfortunate perception of ageing as an abnormal or pathological phenomenon because it equates advanced age with illness. This position is not only inconsistent with the holistic approach to human health, but it also perpetuates a perception of older persons as dependent and sick. When considering the health of older persons, the Special Rapporteur is of the view that there must be a paradigm shift away from the perception of older persons as a "social burden" to one that emphasizes the process of "active ageing" and that will reorient our ideas about ageing to focus on the continuing contribution of older persons to society. According to WHO, active ageing aims to optimize opportunities for health, participation and security amongst older persons in order to enhance their quality of life. The word active therefore refers to continuing participation in social, economic, cultural and civic affairs, and not simply the ability to be physically active or to participate in the labour force.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Older persons
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
The right to health and development 2011, para. 38
- Paragraph text
- The historical evolution of the response to HIV/AIDS is a good example of a health problem with strong implications for human development contained most effectively by protecting and promoting human rights. Jonathan Mann described three clearly defined phases in the response to the epidemic: the first period concerned discovery of the illness and corresponding uncertainty surrounding its containment, while the second period largely focused on individual risk reduction and behavioural change, accompanied by the use of discriminatory prevention measures justified under a "public health rationale". It was not until the third period, in the late 1980s, that a societal dimension was included in the approach to the disease, and the concept of "vulnerability" arose in identifying barriers to individual control over health. The "traditional" public health approaches initially applied to HIV/AIDS, consisting of information, education and services targeted at changing individuals' behaviour and reducing risk, were effective but ultimately insufficient to contain the spread of HIV/AIDS, not least because they assumed a static social environment.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Criminalisation of sexual and reproductive health 2011, para. 24
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- Other legal restrictions also contribute to making legal abortions inaccessible. Conscientious objection laws create barriers to access by permitting health-care providers and ancillary personnel, such as receptionists and pharmacists, to refuse to provide abortion services, information about procedures and referrals to alternative facilities and providers. Examples of other restrictions include: laws prohibiting public funding of abortion care; requirements of counselling and mandatory waiting periods for women seeking to terminate a pregnancy; requirements that abortions be approved by more than one health-care provider; parental and spousal consent requirements; and laws that require health-care providers to report "suspected" cases of illegal abortion when women present for post-abortion care, including miscarriages. These laws make safe abortions and post-abortion care unavailable, especially to poor, displaced and young women. Such restrictive regimes, which are not replicated in other areas of sexual and reproductive health care, serve to reinforce the stigma that abortion is an objectionable practice.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Women
- Youth
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 87o
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- [The Special Rapporteur urges States to:] Develop non-biased and evidence-based treatment guidelines to reduce opportunities for corruption;
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Criminalisation of sexual and reproductive health 2011, para. 59
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- Laws restricting information about sexual and reproductive health and which censor discussions of homosexuality in the classroom fuel stigma and discrimination of vulnerable minorities. For example, laws and policies that promote abstinence-only education reduce sexual education to images and stereotypes of heteronormativity, given their focus on procreation; some of these programmes even contain explicitly discriminatory content on gender and sexual orientation. In certain instances, teachers have been suspended or threatened with lawsuits for engaging in discussions on "inappropriate" sexual matters with their students when discussing sexual and reproductive health issues in the classroom. In other cases, pursuant to abstinence-only and anti-obscenity policies, school districts, courts and legislators have prohibited civil society organizations from meeting in public schools. Such laws and policies perpetuate false and negative stereotypes concerning sexuality, alienate students of different sexual orientations and prevent students from making fully informed decisions regarding their sexual and reproductive health.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Ethnic minorities
- LGBTQI+
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 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. 64
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- The amount of compensation awarded runs into millions of dollars and is an additional blow to developing States, especially those undergoing or recovering from crisis. For example, in Al-Kharafi v. Libya, the claimant was awarded more than $935 million. The enormous size of such awards can have a negative effect on the State's ability to implement health policies. For example, in CME v. Czech Republic, the compensation awarded to the investor was equal to the entire health budget of the State. States may also have to bear not only legal costs incurred by them during arbitration but also those incurred by the successful claimant. Even where States are successful, they may have to pay a heavy fee for the arbitrators.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Occupational health 2012, para. 14
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- Many in the formal workforce find themselves in a situation similar to those in the informal workforce. There is a growing trend toward contractualization and informalization of formal work, a process by which workers become their own employers and thereby may lose occupational health protections otherwise afforded to them as employees. At the same time, many developed economies are systematically moving away from standard work-full-time, year-round, permanent wage employment with a single employer with adequate statutory benefits and entitlements -, leading to an increase in part-time, casual, temporary, self-employed or contingent workers. While such workers are not technically part of the informal economy because their work and workplaces are likely to be still regulated, they may face difficulties similar to those faced by informal workers. For example, in many developed economies, employers are not required to provide health benefits to part-time and temporary employees. Both contractualization and the trend towards replacing standard work with atypical work often represent attempts by employers to evade their responsibility under existing occupational health regimes.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Health financing in the context of the right to health 2012, para. 36
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- Single payer systems with a single risk pool or multiple payer systems with multiple risk pools reduce financial barriers to accessing health facilities, goods and services, as required under the right to health approach. In single payer systems, one organization collects and pools funds and purchases services for the entire population. In most cases, all pool members within the system are provided access to the same health goods and services. Owing to its ability to generate and raise funds, through mechanisms such as taxation, and compulsorily enrol large numbers of people, the Government, in most cases, administers the pool and purchases health goods and services in a single payer system. Single risk pools promote equitable access to health facilities, goods and services in accordance with the right to health approach by allowing for greater cross-subsidization than systems with smaller, fragmented pools. Single payer systems are thus effective in promoting universal access to health facilities, goods and services, reducing out-of-pocket payments, and insulating users from catastrophic health expenditures.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Criminalisation of sexual and reproductive health 2011, para. 57
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- General Comment No. 14 places emphasis on access to information because it is a critical component of the right to health (ibid; footnote 8), and particularly guarantees access to sexual and reproductive health information. States are additionally required to provide adequate resources and refrain "from censoring, withholding or intentionally misrepresenting health-related information, including sexual education and information (see E/C.12/2000/14, para. 14)". The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has recommended that a comprehensive understanding of the content of sexual and reproductive education encompass the topics of reproductive rights, responsible sexual behaviour, sexual and reproductive health, prevention of sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS, prevention of teenage pregnancies, and family planning, and stressed that education campaigns are urgently needed to combat harmful practices such as female genital mutilation. Comprehensive education and information on sexual and reproductive health is also useful in reducing knowledge gaps between men and women on these issues.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Adolescents
- Men
- Women
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 88a
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- [The Special Rapporteur also urges other relevant stakeholders to:] Take into account the Human Rights Guidelines for Pharmaceutical Companies in relation to Access to Medicines (A/63/263, annex);
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 87r
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- [The Special Rapporteur urges States to:] Support initiatives that prevent excessive and unnecessary use of diagnostic and treatment interventions and involve users of services in shared decision-making with medical doctors.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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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
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 87n
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- [The Special Rapporteur urges States to:] Create awareness among health-care providers that preferential treatment of well-connected individuals is unethical and at odds with the main principles for realization of the right to health;
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 87m
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- [The Special Rapporteur urges States to:] Prevent misuse of dual practices whereby health-care providers inappropriately refer patients to their own private practices; and take measures to reduce theft and improper billing in hospitals;
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 87l
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- [The Special Rapporteur urges States to:] Address petty corruption by health professionals by guaranteeing decent living wages and working conditions, job security and reward for good performance and conduct;
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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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
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
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- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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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
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
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- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 87c
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- [The Special Rapporteur urges States to:] Provide for comprehensive whistle-blower protection for those reporting corruption offences in the health sector and beyond, which includes guaranteeing the anonymity and protection of 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
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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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
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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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
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- N.A.
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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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
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Children
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 18
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- The Special Rapporteur is concerned that there is a “normalization of corruption” in health care; corruption can be so pervasive that it becomes accepted as “normal”. Yet these practices lead to groups and individuals being disadvantaged and to the infringement of human rights, such as access to health care on the basis of equality and non-discrimination. Changing views and perceptions in institutions and society of corruption as normal, unavoidable and justified is an important element in addressing the problem of corruption. Informal payments can be reduced by engaging with the public in a debate about the adverse consequences of corruption, with a view to changing cultural values in relation to corruption. Codes of conduct and ethics, training and education can also be used to support responsible conduct among professionals, including avoiding corrupt behaviour, although they may not be sufficient alone for behaviour change where it is most needed. States should also take action to address other trigger factors such as low or unpaid salaries, cumbersome administrative procedures and excessive red tape, as well as enhancing transparency, participation and accountability.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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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
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
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- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 10
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- There are many other manifestations of corruption in the health sector and beyond. The present report focuses on several non-exhaustive, illustrative examples.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 95g
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- [To ensure that health-care services guarantee the right to mental health for all, States should:] Seek technical assistance from the WHO QualityRights initiative to assess and improve the quality of 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
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- 2017
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 95f
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- [To ensure that health-care services guarantee the right to mental health for all, States should:] Take targeted, concrete measures to radically reduce medical coercion and facilitate the move towards an end to all forced psychiatric treatment and confinement;
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 95e
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- [To ensure that health-care services guarantee the right to mental health for all, States should:] Develop a basic package of appropriate, acceptable (including culturally) and high-quality psychosocial interventions as a core component of universal health coverage;
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- 2017
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 95d
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- [To ensure that health-care services guarantee the right to mental health for all, States should:] Scale up investment in alternative mental health services and support models;
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 95c
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- [To ensure that health-care services guarantee the right to mental health for all, States should:] Invest in psychosocial services, that are integrated into primary care and community services to empower users and respect their autonomy;
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
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- All
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- 2017
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 95b
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- [To ensure that health-care services guarantee the right to mental health for all, States should:] Stop directing investment to institutional care and redirect it to community-based 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
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 95a
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- [To ensure that health-care services guarantee the right to mental health for all, States should:] Ensure that users are involved in the design, implementation, delivery and evaluation of mental health services, systems and policies;
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
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- All
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- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 93d
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- [To ensure that social and underlying determinants for the promotion of mental health for all are addressed, the Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Take immediate action to address harmful gender stereotypes, gender-based violence and access to sexual and reproductive 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
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- 2017
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 93c
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- [To ensure that social and underlying determinants for the promotion of mental health for all are addressed, the Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Take policy and legislative measures on the prevention of violence in all environments where people live, study and 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
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- 2017
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 93a
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- [To ensure that social and underlying determinants for the promotion of mental health for all are addressed, the Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Prioritize mental health promotion and prevention in public policy, scaling investments across the relevant ministries;
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 92c
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- [To address the imbalance of the biomedical approach in mental health services, the Special Rapporteur recommends that:] States partner with academic institutions to address the knowledge gap in rights-based and evidence-based mental health within medical education.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Education
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 87
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- The urgent need for a shift in approach should prioritize policy innovation at the population level, targeting social determinants and abandon the predominant medical model that seeks to cure individuals by targeting “disorders”.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Health
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 76
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- The right to health is a powerful guide for States towards a paradigm shift that is recovery and community-based, promotes social inclusion and offers a range of rights-based treatments and psychosocial support at primary and specialized care levels.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 61
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- The element of quality compels going beyond the idea of users as mere recipients of care towards their full consideration as active holders of rights. To stop discriminatory practices, States should rethink the way they provide mental health care and support (see A/HRC/34/58).
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- N.A.
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 54
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- The right to mental health requires care and support facilities, goods and services that are available, accessible, acceptable and of good quality. Rights-based care and support for mental health is an integral part of health care for 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
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 49
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- The problem is not in diagnosing persons but in the discriminatory practices that affect the diagnosed person, which may cause more harm than the diagnosis itself. People frequently suffer more from discriminatory and inappropriate patterns of “care” than from the natural effects of mental health conditions.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
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- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 33
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- The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities emphasizes full respect for legal capacity, the absolute prohibition of involuntary detention based on impairment and the elimination of forced treatment (see A/HRC/34/32, paras. 22-33). That responds to the inadequacy of procedural safeguards alone, requiring sharpened attention to non-coercive alternatives and community inclusion to secure the rights of persons with disabilities. Within that evolving framework, not all human rights mechanisms have embraced the absolute ban on involuntary detention and treatment articulated by the Committee. They include the Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (see CAT/OP/27/2), the Committee Against Torture and the Human Rights Committee. However, their interpretation of exceptions used to justify coercion is narrower, signalling ongoing discussions on the matter. Notably, in the United Nations Basic Principles and Guidelines on Remedies and Procedures on the Right of Anyone Deprived of Their Liberty to Bring Proceedings Before a Court, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention supported the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with regard to safeguards on the prohibition of arbitrary detention (see A/HRC/30/37, paras. 103-107).
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- Persons with disabilities
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 26
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- The incorporation of physical activity and healthy lifestyles into existing national health plans, or the development of such a plan, should be a foremost priority of States under the right to health, as a core obligation that is not subject to the principle of progressive realization, alongside non-discrimination. The Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health encourages States to build on existing national strategies and action plans concerning aspects of diet, nutrition and physical activity, and to create a national coordinating mechanism that addresses diet and physical activity within a comprehensive plan for preventing non-communicable diseases and promoting health. However, in many countries, there is alarmingly little planning: WHO has noted a paucity of national physical activity guidelines in low- and middle-income countries, and has confirmed that the public health significance of physical activity warrants the development of such guidelines. Such guidelines must be developed in reference to prevailing evidence and good practices in the region concerned.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 13
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- There has been a troubling tendency to view engagement in physical activity as an individual or moral obligation, and to characterize a sedentary lifestyle as a personal failing, to be overcome with willpower. This ignores the powerful role that social or structural determinants of health play in dictating supposed lifestyle "choices", and the vital role of the State in mitigating the effect of such negative determinants by promoting, facilitating and encouraging the adoption of healthy lifestyles through education, social policy and public investments. Illustrating this principle, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has expressly stated that the obligation to "fulfil" requires States to disseminate appropriate information relating to healthy lifestyles and nutrition and to encourage and support people in making informed choices about their health; this encompasses provision of appropriate information regarding sport and physical activity, and ensuring the availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of certain goods, services and facilities.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 8
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- It has been estimated that over 7 per cent of deaths annually are attributable to low levels of physical activity, along with more than 4 per cent of years of life lost due to disability (disability-adjusted life years). Physical inactivity is estimated as being responsible for up to 25 per cent of cases of breast and colon cancer, 27 per cent of cases of diabetes and 30 per cent of cases of ischaemic heart disease. Conversely, participation in physical activity and sport has numerous beneficial effects. Physical activity reduces the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer, improves levels of high-density cholesterol, reduces blood pressure, and improves blood glucose level control among the overweight. Physical activity also reduces the risk of depression and is a vital aspect of energy balance and weight control. Accordingly, WHO has developed the Global Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health, which are designed to provide guidance on the optimal and the minimum levels of exercise that individuals should partake in to accrue these health benefits.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 91
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- Addressing violence cuts across the Sustainable Development Goals and is critical to the realization of the right to health. The Goals envisage "a world free from fear and violence" and include specific commitments to eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres (target 5.2); to eliminate all harmful practices, including child early and forced marriage and genital mutilation (target 5.3); to significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere (target 16.1); and to end all forms of violence against and torture of children (target 16.2). The Goals also include a commitment to build capacities to prevent violence (target 16.a). In addition, several other Goals address risk factors linked to violence, including ending poverty (Goal 1), ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being (Goal 3), ensuring quality education (Goal 4), addressing inequalities (Goal 10) and making cities and settlements safe (Goal 11). As recognized in the Goals, reducing and eliminating violence is critical to transforming the world into a peaceful and inclusive global community.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Harmful Practices
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Girls
- Women
- Año
- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 76
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- Universal health coverage has been called "a practical expression" of the right to health. It is indeed a core obligation under children's right to health. However, not all paths to universal health coverage are consistent with human rights requirements. Targets 3.7 and 3.8 do not make explicit commitments to confer priority to the poor and marginalized either in the process of expanding coverage or in developing priorities as to which services to provide. Without those clear commitments, there is a risk that universal health coverage efforts will entrench inequality. For example, in countries lacking strong health systems, Governments may pursue strategies that prioritize expansion to groups in privileged positions, such as those working in the formal sector, where infrastructure and opportunistic private or national insurance schemes are readily available. Likewise, countries with centralized and expansive health coverage might soon proclaim achievement of universal health coverage, even while some of their most vulnerable subgroups are left with health care that is abusive, coercive and/or of poor quality.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Año
- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health in early childhood - Right to survival and development 2015, para. 58
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- Health workers and other professionals such as social workers have a very important role to play in supporting positive and responsive parenting. States should ensure that there are an adequate number of general practitioners, paediatricians, nurses and other relevant health-care professionals trained to work with children. The Special Rapporteur is concerned that the training and practice of medical doctors, nurses and other health professionals continues to focus predominantly on the biomedical determinants of health. Health-care services and all relevant professionals should be better equipped with relevant knowledge and practical skills to respond proactively to new knowledge about the negative impact of social determinants and early childhood adversities on the physical and mental health of children. For example, nurses and social workers, who visit families with young children should be trained to address issues related to the emotional and cognitive development of children and should be able to provide parents with the knowledge and basic skills necessary for nurturing and responsive parenting and non-violent ways of bringing up children.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Families
- Youth
- Año
- 2015
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Unhealthy foods, non-communicable diseases and the right to health 2014, para. 31
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- As the food industry plays a key role in the global food environment and is recognized as the primary driver of diet-related NCDs, it has a distinct responsibility to take steps to realize the right to health. While many challenges facing the food system, like environmental pressures such as draughts and floods, are out of the control of the food industry, there are several areas where it can make a positive impact on health by investing in and influencing healthier food choices. To this end, the industry should consider adopting standards to improve the nutritional quality of foods through product reformulation and to improve labelling and information on their products to contribute to healthier diets. The food industry should also invest in research to improve the nutritional content of their products rather than investing in increasing the marketability of existing products. Furthermore, supermarkets and fast food restaurants should take steps to market and promote healthier options. For example, in addition to providing calorie content of meals on menu cards, fast food restaurants should adopt appropriate nutrient profiling models that indicate the nutritional composition of the foods available.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Unhealthy foods, non-communicable diseases and the right to health 2014, para. 30
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- Studies have shown that the food industry uses various strategies to undermine public health nutrition efforts. For example, the food industry hires prominent academics for their advisory boards, which may result in findings being more favourable towards the food industry, with the danger that the food industry may use such biased findings to support its claims on nutrition. Other tactics include the funding of front groups (that appear independent, yet are controlled by other organizations), lobbying and instituting lawsuits and threats thereof. It has also been shown that, under the guise of corporate social responsibility to meet their ethical obligations towards society at large, big soft drink companies have attempted to shift the burden of the responsibility to make healthier choices onto consumers instead of addressing their role in creating an unhealthy food environment. Furthermore, corporate social responsibility has also been used by the big soft drink industry as a means to thwart attempts at government regulation and increase sales of their products, particularly to children. Such acts result in a negation of the right to health.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
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. 61
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- The number of arbitration cases filed against States is likely to rise in times of financial crisis. For example, since its financial crisis in 2001 and the introduction of economic reforms, Argentina has faced more than 50 arbitration cases. Similarly, Spain and Greece saw a sharp increase in arbitration cases against them after their financial crises and more than 10 arbitration cases were registered against Egypt after the Arab Spring. In such crises, States may need to realign their economic and social policies within the changed climate. Although such changed policies may be in the public interest, the altered policies might threaten investments and prevent States from fulfilling their obligations under the international investment agreement.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
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. 54
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- International investment agreements may provide for exceptions that can be used by States to defend laws in the public interest, such as public health laws. Even where international investment agreements contain such exceptions, however, investor rights may trump them. After Uruguay had entered into a bilateral investment treaty with Switzerland, it adopted public health measures on the packaging and advertisement of cigarettes, in accordance with local laws, which were enacted pursuant to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Although those measures accorded with the public health exception in the bilateral investment treaty, Phillip Morris International initiated a dispute against Uruguay, claiming that its law was unreasonable and breached the guarantee of fair and equitable treatment.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
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. 52
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- International investment agreements benefit transnational corporations as investors because such corporations are granted rights protective of their investments in the host State, such as the right to fair and equitable treatment. Transnational corporations also have the right to initiate disputes before international commercial arbitration tribunals for alleged violations by the host State and for State infringement on the corporation's profit-making activities or potential profits. States, on the other hand, may be unable to initiate disputes against investors because transnational corporations, as non-signatories, have no obligations under international investment agreements. Such agreements perpetuate and exacerbate an asymmetrical relationship between investors and States.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 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. 40
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- The Special Representative submitted, in his final report in 2011, Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations "Protect, Respect and Remedy" Framework (A/HRC/17/31, annex). The first pillar, protect, reflects the existence in international human rights law of a binding obligation on States to protect individuals from actions of third parties. The pillar requires States to take measures such as instituting laws to hold transnational corporations accountable for their transgressions (principle 1). It could be argued, however, that the State obligation to protect, which is already an important obligation of States under international human rights law, has been ineffective against transnational corporations.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 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. 39
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- Previous efforts made in international forums to confer obligations on transnational corporations have resulted only in voluntary guidelines. In 2003, the Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights approved norms on the responsibilities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises with regard to human rights (E/CN.4/Sub.2/2003/12/Rev.2), which sought to confer non-voluntary direct obligations on transnational corporations and business enterprises. The Commission on Human Rights did not adopt the norms, owing in part to strong opposition from States and business entities. In 2005, the Commission, in resolution 2005/69, requested the Secretary-General to appoint a special representative on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 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. 26
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- For a State to be in compliance with its progressively realizable obligations, the amount of available resources must be efficiently allocated. Available resources should be considered efficiently allocated if such allocation reduces barriers to non-discriminatory access to available and acceptable-quality health facilities, goods and services. Failure to curb corruption, which results in the inefficient use of resources, may be considered a breach of a State's progressively realizable obligations. States must also ensure that what appears to be greater efficiency is not simply masking the transfer of such costs to non-State actors. For example, a policy that encourages patients to spend less time in the hospital, thus reducing the financial cost per treatment, may in reality shift those costs to the patient's home caregivers.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 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. 10
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- The right to health imposes overlapping obligations of immediate effect on States. They include the immediate obligations of non-discrimination and to take steps towards the progressive realization of rights, the core obligation to ensure the minimum essential levels of the right and the obligations to respect and protect. Immediate obligations are outside the ambit of article 2 (1) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Core obligations are the minimum essential level of a right and are not progressively realized. Duties to respect and protect are akin to obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to respect and ensure - because the duty to ensure includes the duty to protect - which indisputably are justiciable.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2014
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Access to medicines in the context of the right-to-health framework 2013, para. 65
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- Regulators in some of the developing countries surveyed by the Special Rapporteur reported the use of outdated methods and processes for enforcement, largely due to the lack of technical capacity, financial and human resources. For example, one such State regretted having sufficient inspectors to guard only 3 out of 41 ports of entry. Inspection of foreign production sites is an even greater challenge for resource-constrained importing countries. Regulatory bodies in many countries are generally funded by user fees, collected through licensing fees and inspection activities. However, these funds are insufficient to sustain effective regulation, given the scale and volume of production and import in most countries. States should therefore substantially increase budgetary support for their regulatory authorities to sustain the quality control activities and increase recruitment and training of staff. Regulatory bodies of importing developing countries could cooperate with their counterparts in the exporting countries to build regulatory capacities, share local inspection information of companies under their jurisdiction, and conduct joint inspections through cost-effective use of resources.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2013
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Access to medicines in the context of the right-to-health framework 2013, para. 60
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- Numerous stakeholders perceive unethical commercial marketing and promotion of medicines by pharmaceutical companies as a serious concern. Billions of dollars are spent by the pharmaceutical industry on marketing through sales representatives, samples and advertising. Doctors are offered gifts under the pretext of continued medical education. Multinational pharmaceutical companies have been fined for promoting unapproved medicines, with little impact on their practices. Unethical promotion negatively affects the prescribing patterns of doctors, who would then tend to prescribe less rationally and to quickly adopt new medicines. Prescribers consequently obtain information on medicines from pharmaceutical companies, rather than consulting STGs. During the consultations, some States pointed to the existence of voluntary national industry codes to address pharmaceutical promotion. However, these have been criticized as ineffective. The Special Rapporteur recommends formulating strong enforceable regulatory systems, with accountability measures, to discourage unethical marketing and promotion of medicines by pharmaceutical companies.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2013
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Access to medicines in the context of the right-to-health framework 2013, para. 45
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- During the consultations, concerns were raised about the lack of uptake by States of certain essential medicines listed on the WHO EML due to political, cultural and legal considerations, especially of medicines for mental health, palliative care, drug dependence and sexual and reproductive health. For example, access to medical abortion pills such as mifepristone with misoprostol, though included on the WHO EDL, are culturally and legally restricted in many States, limiting women's accessibility to sexual and reproductive health. Criminalization of the activities of drug users in many States also restricts the availability of opioid substitutes, buprenorphine and methadone, proven to be effective in treating drug dependence, despite the fact that they are listed on the WHO EML. The Special Rapporteur recalls that access to essential medicines for vulnerable and marginalized groups should not be impeded by political, legal and cultural considerations. States should take steps to ensure that these medicines are included in their NEMLs and are made available and accessible to such groups.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Women
- Año
- 2013
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Access to medicines in the context of the right-to-health framework 2013, para. 23
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- According to the respondent States, ERP is the primary method used by regulatory bodies to set a retail price above which medicines cannot be sold to consumers. Under ERP, the price of a specific medicine in one or several countries is used as a benchmark to set or negotiate the price of medicines in a given country. Regrettably, some developing countries select developed countries, with higher medicines prices, as reference countries, resulting in substantially higher medicines prices. For example, in 23 developing countries, public sector prices for generic medicines were 1.9 to 3.7 times higher than even the international reference price (calculated at the median price of multi-sourced medicines offered to developing countries by different suppliers) and for originator brands, 5.3 to 20.5 times the international reference price. To secure the lowest price for medicines and enhance affordable and equitable access to essential medicines, purchasing States should therefore select reference countries whose level of economic development is similar to theirs. If States use high-price countries for referencing, they should adjust the benchmark price to the levels of local income per capita when setting prices.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2013
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Access to medicines in the context of the right-to-health framework 2013, para. 18
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- In complying with their obligation to ensure availability of medicines, States may consider the following policy options to develop an enabling environment that promotes the growth of local pharmaceutical industry: (i) levying taxes on imports of medicines that can be locally produced, except for active pharmaceutical ingredients which are generally not imported; (ii) providing subsidies; (iii) tax incentives; (iv) guaranteed government procurement to local manufacturers; and (v) a regulatory framework to increase local competitiveness. As highlighted during the Special Rapporteur's consultations, local production of medicines has indirect benefits, such as (i) promoting transfer of technology (ii) providing employment and capacity-building of local people through training programmes for local pharmacists (ii) microbiologists and technicians, and (iii) setting up local institutes of higher education and contributing to capacity-building of the regulatory agencies. Thus, opting for local generic production should be weighed and balanced against a number of benefits, including strategic security in medicines supply, which would be achieved in the long run as opposed to the higher prices in the short run.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2013
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Access to medicines in the context of the right-to-health framework 2013, para. 8
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- Ensuring access to medicines also requires a functioning health system that encapsulates the key elements of the right to health: availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality. As part of the State obligation to fulfil the right to health and with a view to the progressive realization of access to affordable and quality medicines, the Special Rapporteur urges States to adopt a detailed national plan of action on medicines. The plan of action should be backed by a strong political will and commitment that prioritizes access to medicines within the public health budget and allocates resources accordingly. This is particularly pertinent in the context of the current global economic crisis, where some States are increasingly taking retrogressive measures such as reducing spending on health by reducing national health budgets. The Special Rapporteur stresses that States have the burden of proving that deliberately retrogressive measures have been introduced after careful consideration of all alternatives and that they are justified under full use of the State party's maximum available resources.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- N.A.
- Año
- 2013
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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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.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- N.A.
- Año
- 2013
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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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
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2013
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health in conflict situations 2013, para. 45
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- Mass displacement, breakdown of community and family networks, and institutional collapse may create a vacuum in which women and young girls are vulnerable to sexual violence. They face a heightened risk of sexual exploitation and trafficking, as well as increased domestic violence and abuse from family members. Health facilities that lack qualified health professionals, patient referral mechanisms and psychological counselling may be unable to identify and respond to these forms of conflict-related sexual violence. This is especially true when health services are restricted to sexual violence perpetrated by armed groups. The stigma associated with sexual violence and HIV and the absence of adequate protection mechanisms may also contribute to negative physical and mental health outcomes. Stigma, abandonment by families and communities, and retribution from perpetrators create an atmosphere that perpetuates gender-based violence and leads to the exclusion and disempowerment of survivors. The failure to provide services that promote the safety and respect the confidentiality of survivors undermines their full participation in society, particularly in post-conflict reconstruction efforts.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Families
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Año
- 2013
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health in conflict situations 2013, para. 12
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- A crucial facet of the right to health framework is the effective participation of affected people and communities, especially vulnerable groups. Effective participation should be ensured in all phases of formulating, implementing and monitoring decisions which affect the realization and enjoyment of the right to health in times of conflict. However, policies thus formulated should not be limited to the views of the majority and should take into account the views and needs of the minority within the participating group. Involvement in decision-making processes empowers affected communities and ensures ownership of decisions and resources, which leads to sustainable systems and, potentially, the resolution of conflicts. The participation of affected populations ensures responsive and effective laws and policies by taking into consideration the needs of the people. This is of special significance in protracted conflict situations, in post-conflict situations, in areas with a constant military presence and in areas under occupation. Informed participation can only be ensured when affected populations have the ability to seek and disseminate information affecting their health.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2013
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health in conflict situations 2013, para. 30
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- Militarization refers to the taking over or use of health facilities and services by armed forces or law enforcement agencies for achieving military objectives. Such military use poses a serious risk to the life and health of patients and health-care workers and erodes the role and perception of hospitals as a safe space to access health care. The impartiality of medical facilities is often compromised by the constant presence of security forces in hospitals and intimidation of patients and health-care workers in hospitals and clinics. Hospitals and clinics are sometimes taken over by security forces in order to identify or arrest protestors injured in clashes with pro-Government forces. Those identified with protest-related injuries are often prevented from seeking emergency medical attention, removed from medical care, tortured or arrested (A/HRC/19/69, para. 63). Militarization of health care has also led to undesirable fallouts in respect of access to basic health care in some countries. Widespread fear of persecution leads civilians to avoid seeking treatment at health facilities and resort to treatment in unsafe conditions instead (ibid.). Such persecution violates the right to health of persons by impeding their access to quality health 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
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Humanitarian
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2013
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Occupational health 2012, para. 60c
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that States take the following steps in order to realize the right to occupational health:] Ensure mechanisms are in place to facilitate the active and informed participation of workers, particularly informal workers, in the formulation and implementation of occupational health laws and policies in a fair and transparent process. These should include: Direct and ongoing participation of existing workers' groups, including trade unions and informal worker organizations, in law- and policymaking bodies at all levels of government; Mechanisms by which workers may voice concerns and complaints regarding the content of occupational health laws and policies directly to relevant parties; Mechanisms by which workers may communicate occupational health risks to the State and to other workers without risk of termination or prosecution; Laws and policies that prioritize workers' right to information affecting their occupational health over employers' rights to protect commercial information under commercial confidentiality, trade secret and other related laws; Whistle-blower protection for workers who disclose information concerning their occupational health publicly or directly to the State.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Occupational health 2012, para. 30
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- Under the right to health, States have a dual obligation to monitor and evaluate occupational health. As a prerequisite to the obligation to formulate and implement a national occupational health policy, States must conduct disease and epidemiological surveillance, including the collection of disaggregated data, in order to understand workers' health risks in all sectors, as well as human rights, health impact assessments and risk surveillance, in order to assess the impact of occupational health laws and policies prior to implementation. Additionally, States are required to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of their national occupational health policies as part of their core obligation to periodically review these policies. This requirement includes the obligation to regularly inspect worksites and production facilities in order to assess employer compliance with occupational health laws and policies. Periodic review is necessary in order to ensure the continual refinement of occupational health laws and policies to account for evolving health risks and new technologies. In both instances, monitoring and evaluation must be informed by international standards, including those developed by WHO and ILO.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Occupational health 2012, para. 8
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- The ILO recognizes both the right to a safe and healthy working environment and the protection of the worker against sickness, disease and injury arising out of his employment to be fundamental human rights. The ILO defines its Decent Work agenda to require safe and healthy work that does not expose workers to health hazards. The ILO has adopted numerous instruments ratified by varying numbers of member States that directly address occupational health. These include the Convention on Occupational Safety and Health, the Occupational Health Services Convention, the Working Environment (Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration) Convention, as well as the Protection of Workers' Health Recommendations. The ILO defines "health" broadly in the context of work to indicate not merely the absence of disease or infirmity but also the physical and mental elements affecting health, which are directly related to safety and hygiene at work. "Industrial hygiene" (or occupational hygiene) encompasses all efforts to protect workers' health through control of the work environment, including the recognition and evaluation of those factors that may cause illness, lack of well-being or discomfort among workers or the community.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Health financing in the context of the right to health 2012, para. 42
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- Social health insurance is a pooling mechanism funded by compulsory prepayments collected through individual and organizational contributions supplemented by taxation. Social health insurance programmes are generally administered by the State, which uses funds raised through compulsory contributions and tax revenues to purchase health goods and services for the insured. In contrast to pooling mechanisms that comprise smaller, fragmented pools, social health insurance programmes establish sufficiently large pools, through compulsory contributions, to facilitate effective cross-subsidization of financial and health risks across large populations. Social health insurance thus increases utilization of and promotes equity in access to health facilities, goods and services and affords higher levels of financial protection for the poor. Social health insurance programmes may take the form of single payer systems, which tend to encourage efficient health spending and lower administrative costs, or multiple payer systems, which encourage competition and allow other entities to purchase health services. Social health insurance programmes are therefore one example of a pooling mechanism that promotes the realization of the right to health.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Health financing in the context of the right to health 2012, para. 41
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- However, community-based health insurance programmes may be unable to achieve effective cross-subsidization owing to the size and constitution of community pools. In most cases, community-based pools are very small in size and comprise poor individuals at high risk for illness; financial and health risks therefore may not be effectively subsidized across pool members. Contributions to community-based health insurance have also been shown to be regressive in some instances, as contributions are made as flat amounts and income-rated contributions and exemptions for the poor have been difficult to implement owing to challenges in determining household incomes. Moreover, the costs associated with collecting contributions from populations in rural areas and informal urban areas are high relative to the revenue generated from contributions. Thus, while in some cases community-based insurance programmes may be used to increase access to health facilities, goods and services for vulnerable or marginalized groups and facilitate the participation of communities in health-related decision-making processes, they are not a substitute for larger, more centralized pooling mechanisms.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Poverty
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Health financing in the context of the right to health 2012, para. 34
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- The right to health requires States to ensure that good quality health facilities, goods and services are accessible to all without discrimination. To respect and fulfil the right to health, States should remove financial barriers that restrict access to health care. Accordingly, the right to health requires States to ensure that the ability to pay does not affect an individual's decision whether to access necessary health goods and services. Health systems funded by prepayments, such as tax- and compulsory insurance-based systems, reduce financial barriers through the pooling of funds collected prior to the point of service delivery. Pooling is a method by which funds for health are accumulated and managed in order to spread the financial risk of illness across all members of a pool, over a period of time. Pooling promotes equitable financing for health by facilitating cross-subsidies from healthy to unhealthy and from wealthy to poor members of the pool and across the life cycles of individual members. Pooling also increases efficiency by promoting more equitable improvements in health across populations and hedging against risks associated with uncertainties related to future health and financial capacity.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Health financing in the context of the right to health 2012, para. 33
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- In order to shift the global paradigm of international assistance for health from a donor-based charity regime towards an obligatory system based on the principle of solidarity, global pooling mechanisms should be founded upon international or regional treaties under which States incur legal obligations to contribute to the pool according to their ability to pay and through which funds are allocated based upon need. Such a shift is necessary in order to ensure the availability of sustainable international funding as required by the right to health. In order to promote ownership and accountability within the regime, each State would contribute to the fund regardless of its income level and all funding and programmatic processes must be transparent and include the active and informed participation of civil society and affected communities. In order to realize the right to health globally, States should therefore take all necessary steps towards the development of treaty-based global pooling mechanisms, comprising compulsory progressive contributions allocated based upon need and driven by transparent, participatory processes.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Health financing in the context of the right to health 2012, para. 32
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- The Global Fund and the International Drug Purchase Facility (UNITAID) represent two successful examples of global pooling that have had significant positive impacts in the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria globally. Both the Global Fund and UNITAID have collected and pooled significant resources from donor States and through innovative financing mechanisms and allocated funds and resources based on need. Under programmes funded by the Global Fund, 3.3 million people living with HIV received antiretroviral treatments in 2011 alone and 9.3 million smear-positive cases of tuberculosis were detected and treated between 2010 and 2012. UNITAID has provided child-friendly treatment to 400,000 children living with HIV and delivered 46 million artemisinin-based combination therapies to first-line purchasers of malaria medications. Moreover, in contrast to bilateral aid and assistance from international financial institutions, the Global Fund and UNITAID have removed conditionalities and increased levels of transparency and stakeholder participation in funding processes and programmatic activities in accordance with the right to health approach to health financing.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Health financing in the context of the right to health 2012, para. 10
- Paragraph text
- The obligation to ensure the equitable allocation of health facilities, goods and services for all persons without discrimination is a core obligation under the right to health. The right to access good quality health facilities, goods and services on a non-discriminatory basis, particularly for vulnerable or marginalized groups, including, among others, ethnic, racial, religious and sexual minority groups, women, children and the poor, constitutes an additional core obligation for States. In order to meet these core obligations under the right to health, States must ensure the equitable allocation of health funds and resources towards achieving universal access to good quality health facilities, goods and services, in accordance with the principle of non-discrimination and with special attention to the needs of vulnerable or marginalized populations. Inequitable allocation of health funds and resources may lead to indirect discrimination within health systems, particularly with respect to vulnerable or marginalized groups who often lack the social and political means to challenge the inequitable allocation of public resources (General Comment No. 14, para. 19).
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Health financing in the context of the right to health 2012, para. 7
- Paragraph text
- In order to make use of maximum available resources, States must therefore take all necessary steps to raise adequate revenue and mobilize resources for health and ensure that health financing is correspondingly prioritized in national and subnational budgets. Budget prioritization requires States to set aside a significant portion of general government expenditures towards spending on health and prioritize health alongside other core funding commitments, such as spending on education, social security and defence. States have a positive obligation in this regard to facilitate the active and informed participation of affected individuals and communities in the formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of health budgets. States should also ensure transparency in the formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of budgets for health. In order to ensure accountability for the implementation of national and subnational health budgets and related laws and policies, States should also develop and implement mechanisms that allow or provide for independent auditing and oversight of those instruments.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Health financing in the context of the right to health 2012, para. 4
- Paragraph text
- 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.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Health financing in the context of the right to health 2012, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 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.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2012
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The realization of the right to health of older persons 2011, para. 61
- Paragraph text
- Guaranteeing informed consent is a fundamental feature of respecting an individual's autonomy, self-determination and human dignity. Informed consent invokes several human rights elements that are indivisible, interdependent and interrelated. In addition to the right to health, these include the right to autonomy, freedom from discrimination, freedom from non-consensual experimentation, security and dignity of the human person, recognition before the law, freedom of thought and expression and reproductive self-determination. Individual autonomy, bodily integrity and well-being are central to the right to health framework. This framework identifies the availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of health information as key elements of that right, defined as "the right to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas concerning health issues" (E/C.12/2000/4, para. 12). In a report to the General Assembly, the Special Rapporteur defined informed consent as "a voluntary and sufficiently informed decision, protecting the right of the patient to be involved in medical decision-making, and assigning associated duties and obligations to health-care providers" (A/64/272, para. 9).
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The realization of the right to health of older persons 2011, para. 22
- Paragraph text
- In addition, there are non-binding United Nations instruments and international documents on ageing and older persons, such as the 1982 Vienna International Plan of Action on Ageing, the 1991 United Nations Principles for Older Persons, the 1992 Global targets on ageing for the year, and the 1992 Proclamation on Ageing. The most recent of these is the Political Declaration and the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing adopted at the Second World Assembly on Ageing in April 2002, and endorsed by the General Assembly in resolution 57/167 of 18 December 2002. The Political Declaration reaffirms the global commitment to promote and protect human rights and to eliminate age-discrimination, neglect, abuse and violence (art. 5). It further makes reference to the right to health (art. 14), the opportunity to work and the continuing access to education and training programmes (art. 12). It has guided the development of legislation and policies at the national level and provided a framework for international cooperation, which resulted in, among other things, the establishment of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Human Rights of Older Persons in 2010, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 65/182.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Older persons
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The realization of the right to health of older persons 2011, para. 21
- Paragraph text
- Nonetheless, different human rights treaty monitoring bodies have interpreted and applied existing norms to older persons as a group, recognizing their vulnerability to discrimination and exclusion. In 1995, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) adopted general comment No. 6, which offers a detailed interpretation of the specific obligations of State parties regarding each of the rights contained in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, as they apply to older persons. In 2010, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women adopted general recommendation No. 27 on older women and the protection of their human rights. General comment No. 14 of CESCR elaborates on substantive issues arising from the implementation of the right to health and addresses particular issues related to older persons, including "preventive, curative and rehabilitative health treatment…maintaining the functionality and autonomy of older persons … [and] attention and care for chronically and terminally ill persons, sparing them avoidable pain and enabling them to die with dignity".
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Older persons
- Women
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The realization of the right to health of older persons 2011, para. 17
- Paragraph text
- Differences between the genders in respect of the ageing process must also be acknowledged, given that global life expectancy at birth for women is currently 70 years, and is significantly higher than for men at 66 years. Given differing life expectancies, it is more often men who are able to rely on informal care from their spouses than women. Women who outlive their husbands are more often left with no spousal support, relying on informal care by other relatives or the formal care system. Compounding this problem is the fact that older women are frequently excluded from social security and health insurance schemes that are linked to formal, paid employment. They are also at much greater risk of poverty than men. In many countries older women are less likely than men to hold valuable assets in their own name (A/HRC/14/31, paras. 19-21). These factors limit women's ability to provide for their own health-related needs in later life. Furthermore, lack of access to health care services for debilitating diseases such as cancer and hypertension, or illnesses disproportionately affecting women such as osteoporosis, have also been noted to prevent older women from enjoying their full human rights (CEDAW/C/GC/27).
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Poverty
- Personas afectadas
- Older persons
- Women
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Report on expert consultation on access to medicines 2011, para. 48
- Paragraph text
- A new challenge for the health sector is ensuring access to medicines for non-communicable or chronic diseases. As for any other general essential medicine, equitable access (including rational selection of medicines, affordable prices, sustainable financing and reliable health systems), availability, safety and quality must also be ensured for medicines for non-communicable diseases. Another challenge for these drugs is the creation of clinical guidelines for them, including diagnostic standards and an international agreement on when to start medical treatment. The international pharmaceutical industry is heavily engaged in non-communicable diseases owing to the long-term market potential of chronic treatments. For this reason, a potential conflict of interests between industry, patient organizations, professional associations, health insurance companies and public sector bodies must be carefully indentified and managed. This also applies to low- and middle-income countries, where many locally produced and branded generic medicines are aggressively marketed.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Criminalisation of sexual and reproductive health 2011, para. 53
- Paragraph text
- Other laws restricting access to family planning and contraception include a city-wide de facto ban on so-called "artificial" contraception in one jurisdiction, which created significant difficulty for women in accessing reliable forms of birth control (see A/HRC/14/20/Add.1). A total of 70 per cent of the affected population, a majority of whom were poor and marginalized, depended on Government providers for services including female sterilization, oral pills, intrauterine devices and injectables (ibid.). The ban resulted in the absolute deprivation of access to family planning services and contraception for many women and men. In other instances, States require women to obtain their husband's consent and adolescents to obtain parental consent before acquiring various forms of contraception. Other jurisdictions allow pharmacists, and in some cases pharmacies, to refuse to dispense emergency contraception, which is otherwise legally available. These laws directly infringe upon the right of women and girls to make free and informed choices about their sexual and reproductive health and reflect discriminatory notions of women's roles in the family and society.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Adolescents
- Girls
- Women
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Criminalisation of sexual and reproductive health 2011, para. 36
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- The criminalization of abortion also has a severe impact on mental health. The need to seek illegal health services and the intense stigmatization of both the abortion procedure and women who seek such procedures can have deleterious effects on women's mental health. In some cases, women have committed suicide because of accumulated pressures and stigma related to abortion. In jurisdictions where rape is not a ground for termination of pregnancy, women and girls who are pregnant as a result of rape but who do not wish to continue their pregnancy are either forced to carry the pregnancy to term or seek an illegal abortion. Both options can cause enormous anguish. In electing to pursue either option, the overarching threat of being investigated, prosecuted and punished within the criminal justice system has significant negative impacts on the emotional health and well-being of both those who seek abortions and those who do not. Moreover, while the psychological impact of seeking an illegal abortion or carrying an unwanted pregnancy to term is well documented, no corresponding evidence supports the existence of long-term mental health sequelae resulting from elective abortion.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Girls
- Women
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Criminalisation of sexual and reproductive health 2011, para. 17
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- The causal relationship between the gender stereotyping, discrimination and marginalization of women and girls and their enjoyment of their right to sexual and reproductive health is well documented (see E/CN.4/2002/83 and E/CN.4/2004/49). Criminalization generates and perpetuates stigma; restricts their ability to make full use of available sexual and reproductive health-care goods, services and information; denies their full participation in society; and distorts perceptions among health-care professionals which, as a consequence, can hinder their access to health-care services. Criminal laws and other legal restrictions disempower women, who may be deterred from taking steps to protect their health, in order to avoid liability and out of fear of stigmatization. By restricting access to sexual and reproductive health-care goods, services and information these laws can also have a discriminatory effect, in that they disproportionately affect those in need of such resources, namely women. As a result, women and girls are punished both when they abide by these laws, and are thus subjected to poor physical and mental health outcomes, and when they do not, and thus face incarceration.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Girls
- Women
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Criminalisation of sexual and reproductive health 2011, para. 10
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- General Comment No. 14 of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights elaborates the concept of reproductive health, stating that women and men have the freedom to decide if and when to reproduce and the right to be informed and to have access to safe, effective, affordable and acceptable methods of family planning of their choice and appropriate health-care services that will, for example, enable women to go safely through pregnancy and childbirth (E/C.12/2000/4, footnote 12). Sexual health is a "state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being related to sexuality, not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity". The Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development states that sexual health includes the right to a satisfying and safe sex life as well as the freedom to decide when and how often to reproduce (A/CONF.171/13, para. 7.2). It also states that sexual health requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, as well as the possibility of having pleasurable and safe sexual experiences, free of coercion, discrimination and violence.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Men
- Women
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- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Criminalisation of sexual and reproductive health 2011, para. 63
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- Adequate knowledge about sexual and reproductive health has repeatedly proved to be effecting in lowering rates of maternal mortality; preventing unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortion, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections; delaying the onset of sexual intercourse; increasing knowledge about family planning options; and protecting against gender-based violence (see E/C.12/2000/4, para. 21). Empowering women through comprehensive education and information on sexual and reproductive health is also imperative since young women often have less power or control in their relationships, which make them disproportionately vulnerable to coercion, abuse and exploitation. As a tool for empowerment and means to critically examine gender inequalities and stereotypes, comprehensive education and information also becomes a way of eroding deeply entrenched systems of patriarchy; such systems perpetuate violations of women's rights, including their right to health (see A/65/162, paras. 7-9). Providing women with knowledge and skills relating to their sexual and reproductive health, related education and information enhances their freedom in making informed health-related decisions, and promotes their equal participation in society.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Education
- Gender
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Women
- Youth
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Criminalisation of sexual and reproductive health 2011, para. 61
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- Studies have shown that while few young people have accurate knowledge about HIV/AIDS, women are generally even less well informed than men. In a UNAIDS study of 147 countries, whereas more than 70 per cent of young men were found to recognize that condoms can protect against HIV, only 55 per cent of young women identified condoms as an effective strategy for HIV prevention. Women and girls are disproportionally impacted by legal restrictions to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education and information, which both reinforces and exacerbates the gender inequalities that the figures demonstrate. The existence of legal restrictions on access to sexual and reproductive health information and education lead to the provision of inaccurate information through informal sources that are often inaccurate and may reinforce negative gender stereotypes. As a result, young women are less prepared for their sexual and reproductive lives, leaving them vulnerable to coercion, abuse and exploitation, as well as to an increased risk of unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortion, maternal mortality, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Año
- 2011
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health and criminalization of same-sex conduct and sexual orientation, sex-work and HIV transmission 2010, para. 63
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- Criminalization of HIV transmission or exposure places legal responsibility for HIV prevention exclusively on those already living with HIV, undermining the notion of shared responsibility between sexual partners, and potentially creating a false sense of security amongst those who are HIV-negative. Criminalization also has the potential to discourage HIV testing, which is a core component of successful HIV/AIDS health initiatives. An additional barrier to access to services could be manifested through increased distrust in relationships with health professionals and researchers, impeding the provision of quality care and research, as people may fear that information regarding their HIV status will be used against them in a criminal case or otherwise. As the prevalence of high-risk sexual behaviour is significantly lower in individuals aware of their seropositive status, any laws that discourage testing and diagnosis have the potential to increase the prevalence of risky sexual practices and HIV transmission.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
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- 2010
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health and criminalization of same-sex conduct and sexual orientation, sex-work and HIV transmission 2010, para. 31
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- Other international instruments address the trafficking of people, including for the purposes of sexual exploitation. The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime defines trafficking as "the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation" (art. 3 (a)). Exploitation is further defined to include the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation. Additionally, the Protocol states that the consent of any victim of trafficking is deemed irrelevant where circumstances such as vulnerability or abuse of power exist (art. 3 (b)).
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Women
- Año
- 2010
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health and criminalization of same-sex conduct and sexual orientation, sex-work and HIV transmission 2010, para. 29
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- Historically, sex work has been criminalized in two major ways. First, through the criminalization of the selling of sexual services, with the imposition of penalties upon sex workers themselves. Second, through the criminalization of various practices around sex work: these include, but are not limited to, keeping a brothel; recruiting for or arranging the prostitution of others; living off the proceeds of sex work; solicitation; and facilitating sex work through the provision of information or assistance. Although the former is not directly criminalized in many States worldwide, sex workers are nonetheless treated as criminals where activities around sex work are criminalized, or through the use of other pre-existing laws (not specific to sex work) to harass, intimidate or justify the use of force against sex workers. Examples include the use of vagrancy or public nuisance laws to detain or arrest street sex workers, or the use of laws prohibiting homosexual acts in relation to male and transgender sex workers.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Gender
- Violence
- Personas afectadas
- LGBTQI+
- Año
- 2010
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health and criminalization of same-sex conduct and sexual orientation, sex-work and HIV transmission 2010, para. 18
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- In jurisdictions in which their sexual conduct is criminalized, affected individuals are much more likely to be unable to gain access to effective health services, and preventive health measures that should be tailored to these communities are suppressed. The fear of judgement and punishment can deter those engaging in consensual same-sex conduct from seeking out and gaining access to health services. This is often a direct result of the attitudes of health-care professionals who are not trained to meet the needs of same-sex practising clients - not only in terms of sexual health, but also with regard to health care more generally. Often, health professionals may refuse to treat homosexual patients altogether, or respond with hostility when compelled to do so. Where patients may be guilty of a criminal offence, by engaging in consensual same-sex conduct, this has the potential to jeopardize the obligations of confidentiality that arise during the course of the doctor-patient relationship, as health professionals may be required by law to divulge details of patient interaction.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- LGBTQI+
- Año
- 2010
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health and criminalization of same-sex conduct and sexual orientation, sex-work and HIV transmission 2010, para. 9
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- These laws represent an infringement of the right to health as outlined in article 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Article 2, paragraph 2, of the Covenant requires that State parties undertake to guarantee that the rights within the Covenant, including the right to health, are exercised without discrimination of any kind, including on the basis of "other status". This is further developed in general comment No. 14 (2000) of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which notes that the Covenant proscribes any discrimination in access to health care and underlying determinants of health, including on the grounds of sexual orientation (para. 18). The Committee also recognizes gender identity as a prohibited ground of discrimination. In its general comment No. 4 (2003), the Committee on the Rights of the Child also confirmed that "other status" extends to sexual orientation (para. 6). Such criminalization impedes the right to health, not only through discrimination, but by denying equal access to health services, as will be demonstrated.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Children
- Año
- 2010
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The right to health and international drug control, compulsory treatment for drug dependence and access to controlled medicines 2010, para. 73
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- The Special Rapporteur considers that there is a need in the long term to consider alternatives to the current drug control system. One such alternative model may be the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, in which certain controlled medicines would be regulated in a manner similar to tobacco. The purpose of the Framework Convention is to reduce the social, environmental and public health harms of tobacco smoke through creation of a framework by which global tobacco use may be decreased continually. It represents a paradigm shift in developing a regulatory strategy to address addictive substances, which protects the rights of people who use and are dependent on drugs while minimizing associated harms. A new regulatory framework concerning drugs other than tobacco would require assessment of the scientific evidence of a drug's effects on the individual and the public, the public health and human rights effects of each controlled drug, and inclusion into the scheme would occur on a case-by-case basis.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
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- 2010
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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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
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- N.A.
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- 2010
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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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
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
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- 2010
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The right to health and international drug control, compulsory treatment for drug dependence and access to controlled medicines 2010, para. 47
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- Economic affordability is a central component of the right-to-health requirement of accessibility. Controlled medicines need not be made available for free; rather, at an affordable cost. Despite this, even medicines that can be manufactured at low cost are not necessarily affordable for consumers, because drug producers incur significant regulatory costs that are passed on to consumers within the market price of the drug. For instance, Cipla, a generic manufacturer in India, produces 10 mg morphine tablets sold wholesale for US$ 0.017 each, yet the median cost of a month's supply of morphine in low- and middle-income countries is $112, as compared to $53 for industrialized countries. Additionally, non generic medicines frequently are promoted for use over cheaper, equally safe and effective generic counterparts. Branded drugs generally are more expensive and, therefore, unaffordable for large parts of the population, especially vulnerable groups, such as people who use drugs and people living with HIV.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
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- 2010
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The right to health and international drug control, compulsory treatment for drug dependence and access to controlled medicines 2010, para. 43
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- Palliative care is an approach that seeks to improve the quality of life of patients diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses through prevention and relief of suffering. Moderate to severe pain is a common by-product of these illnesses, including advanced malignancies, which require opioid analgesics for management. WHO lists these and other analgesics, as essential medicines. Between 60 to 90 per cent of patients with advanced cancer suffer from moderate to severe pain requiring such analgesia, and around 85 per cent of people living with HIV may have untreated pain. Where patients with HIV are also dependent on drugs, they may be denied access to both OST and palliative care. The consequences of chronic, untreated pain are not only physical: people experiencing chronic pain are four times more likely to suffer from depression or anxiety. Patients suffering from severe to moderate pain, where palliative care essentially is unavailable, said they would prefer to die than continue living with untreated, severe pain.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- All
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- 2010
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The right to health and international drug control, compulsory treatment for drug dependence and access to controlled medicines 2010, para. 40
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- Millions of people worldwide require essential medicines for pain, drug dependency and other health conditions, but availability is often limited by restrictive drug regulations, failure to implement a properly functioning supply and distribution system, and inadequate health-care system capacity. An alarming availability gap exists between the developed and developing world in relation to the supply of essential medicines. Although the developing world has nearly half of the world's cancer patients and nearly all new HIV infections, it consumes only 6 per cent of the licit morphine supply. About 89 per cent of all legally controlled medicines, including morphine is consumed by North America and Europe. The Economic and Social Council, in its resolution 2005/25, recognized the need to remove barriers to accessing opioid analgesics, and the International Narcotics Control Board consistently has concluded that availability of essential controlled medicines is far too limited in many countries.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Health
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- 2010
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 88f
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- [The Special Rapporteur also urges other relevant stakeholders to:] Enhance transparency and avoid misusing the principle of academic autonomy when investments in health and health care are addressed, so that the integrity of academic medicine and its commitment to the realization of the right to health is not undermined.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Education
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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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
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2017
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 88c
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- [The Special Rapporteur also urges other relevant stakeholders to:] Strengthen measures to address corruption and unethical practices in the process of generation of knowledge through research, dissemination of such knowledge through medical education and the development of guidelines for diagnostics and treatment of health conditions;
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Education
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- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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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
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- All
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- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 87p
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- [The Special Rapporteur urges States to:] Create awareness, for example through the development of ethical guidelines, among health-care providers that they should remain independent from outside organizations and avoid conflicts of interest with the best interests of their patients;
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
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- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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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
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 87i
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- [The Special Rapporteur urges States to:] Engage a variety of stakeholders, such as community organizations, professional organizations and civil society organizations, including those representing groups in vulnerable situations, in determining the allocation of funding, as well as in monitoring budget expenditure at the national, local and institutional 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
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 87h
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- [The Special Rapporteur urges States to:] Guarantee the right to participation of the population in all actions aimed at combating corruption in health, such as through the disclosure of important health-related information, as well as in the design and delivery of health programmes;
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- 2017
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 87g
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- [The Special Rapporteur urges States to:] Raise awareness among the general population about the negative impact of all forms of corruption in the health sector on individual and societal health and well-being. National human rights institutions can play a role in such awareness-raising and this may include the establishment of corruption-reporting hotlines;
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Health
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- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 87f
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- [The Special Rapporteur urges States to:] Raise awareness among the actors in the health sector, including health-care providers, insurers and the providers of medicines and medical equipment about the harmful effects of corruption on the right to health and insist on their responsibilities 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
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- Special Procedures' report
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- 2017
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 87e
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- [The Special Rapporteur urges States to:] When elements of a health sector are decentralized or handed over to the private sector, to ensure that there are sufficient checks and balances to ensure that this transition addresses corruption and, at the least, does not lead to more corruption. There must be adequate oversight, transparency and monitoring of private sector and decentralized provision;
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 84
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- All forms of corruption at all levels have a negative impact on realization of the right to health. Many of these forms originate from power imbalances and asymmetries, which are widely prevalent in the health sector. Such asymmetries are perpetuated by non-transparent decision-making and reinforce ineffective and harmful policymaking and health services provision.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Health
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- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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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
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 82
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- Corruption has a devastating effect on good governance, the rule of law and equitable access to public goods and services. Corruption is a human rights concern and it has a particularly damaging effect on the enjoyment of the right to health. The health sector is especially prone to corruption, which threatens the sustainability of health-care systems worldwide.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 79
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- Indeed, institutional corruption in mental health has reinforced the medicalization of emotional distress and has thereby undermined the ability of decision makers to focus on the underlying and social determinants of health and address the way in which the health of socially disadvantaged groups is determined by exposures to societal and environmental risks and resources.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 78
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- It is the global burden of such obstacles, rather than the global burden of mental disorders, that should be addressed as a priority in mental health policies and services. In that connection, corruption in mental health research, education and services should be addressed as one of the most important concerns or obstacles.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 75
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- The Special Rapporteur is seriously concerned that treatment guidelines for mental health conditions are particularly vulnerable to industry capture because the absence of biological markers for mental health conditions increases clinical uncertainty and subjective judgments. Bias in such guidelines creates the potential to expose patients to harm from unnecessary treatment or from treatment that is not evidence-based and leads to a drain on resources.
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 73
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- The Special Rapporteur observes that pharmaceutical companies have a vested interest in finding a new indication (namely, a new disorder) for their drugs when a patent expires since this allows the drug manufacturer to obtain an additional three years of exclusivity for the drug in question. Pharmaceutical companies have used “exclusivity” as an informal mechanism to effectively extend patent protection for that time period.
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 69
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- Because of its global reach, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) has been referred to as the “bible” of psychiatric diagnosis and is used worldwide in psychiatric research. However, over the last decade there have been increasing concerns that the interconnected needs of the pharmaceutical industry and the psychiatric community may have played a role in the development or expansion of questionable diagnostic categories.
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 65
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- Mental health policies and services illustrate how lack of transparency and accountability in the relationships between the pharmaceutical industry and academic medicine can lead to institutional corruption and have a detrimental effect on mental health policies and services, not only on a national or regional scale but also at the global level.
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 64
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- Existing evidence shows that mental health policies and services are especially prone to ineffective and corrupt practices, as well as the use of biased evidence. These obstacles, if not properly addressed, divert mental health policies and services from the effective realization of the right to health and hinder implementation of Sustainable Development Goals, including Goal 3 and a very important target: to promote mental health and well-being.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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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
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 41
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- There is ample research indicating that corruption and a lack of transparency exacerbate socioeconomic deprivation. Lower social groups carry a heavier burden in a society rife with corrupt elements. In turn, the equal enjoyment of the right to health is deeply affected by poverty and income inequality.
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 38
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- To take the example of water, around 10 per cent of water sector investment is lost to corruption. Corruption can make water inaccessible and unaffordable and affect the quality of water. In some low-income countries, corruption can add an estimated 30-45 per cent to the price of connection to a water network. The increasing role played by private sector actors in water services requires the State to adopt an appropriate regulatory framework.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 37
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- Corruption compromises the ability of the State to guarantee the underlying and social determinants of health including safe drinking water, safe and nutritious food and a healthy environment, and exacerbates the discrimination and inequalities that prevail in societies throughout the world.
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 34
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- In terms of information accessibility, a lack of information about rights in the health system can provide a smokescreen for corruption. Moreover, patients are vulnerable due to the so-called “information imbalance” in the health sector, with doctors being more knowledgeable about the health-care services that they provide than the receivers.
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 32
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- As to physical accessibility, health sector corruption can lead to choices that are less favourable to the community, for instance as a result of bribes, health-care facilities may be built in urban or wealthy areas rather than in locations accessible to poor or rural populations.
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 30
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- Petty and grand corruption and institutional and political corruption can have a negative impact on the availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of health care. When money that has been allocated to the health sector is embezzled, the availability of health services and goods is affected.
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 21
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- Mindful that the nature of corruption means that it is often difficult to distinguish intentional malfeasance from inefficiencies, errors, and differences in judgments and in priorities, the Special Rapporteur underlines that enhancing transparency is particularly important not only to address clearly corrupt practices but also to address these harmful phenomena, which obstruct the enjoyment of the right to health.
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 12
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- Corruption is particularly detrimental in that it increases mistrust on the part of all stakeholders, especially users of services, not only in the health-care system but also in the abilities and performance of local and national authorities in general. While little research has been done on the impact of corruption on health outcomes, it is suggested, for example, that countries with higher levels of corruption have higher levels of child mortality.
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 9e
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- [All in all, corruption is a multidisciplinary phenomenon demanding a response from many fields of study. From a legal perspective, the United Nations Convention against Corruption (General Assembly resolution 58/4, annex) lists five acts of corruption, which can be translated as follows to the health context:] Illicit enrichment.
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 9d
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- [All in all, corruption is a multidisciplinary phenomenon demanding a response from many fields of study. From a legal perspective, the United Nations Convention against Corruption (General Assembly resolution 58/4, annex) lists five acts of corruption, which can be translated as follows to the health context:] Abuse of functions;
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 9c
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- [All in all, corruption is a multidisciplinary phenomenon demanding a response from many fields of study. From a legal perspective, the United Nations Convention against Corruption (General Assembly resolution 58/4, annex) lists five acts of corruption, which can be translated as follows to the health context:] Trading in influence;
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 9b
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- [All in all, corruption is a multidisciplinary phenomenon demanding a response from many fields of study. From a legal perspective, the United Nations Convention against Corruption (General Assembly resolution 58/4, annex) lists five acts of corruption, which can be translated as follows to the health context:] Embezzlement, misappropriation or other diversion of funds from the health budget by a public official;
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 9a
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- [All in all, corruption is a multidisciplinary phenomenon demanding a response from many fields of study. From a legal perspective, the United Nations Convention against Corruption (General Assembly resolution 58/4, annex) lists five acts of corruption, which can be translated as follows to the health context:] The bribery of national and foreign public officials in exchange for an undue advantage;
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 6
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- Corruption is generally defined as “the misuse of public or entrusted power for private gain”. In relation to health, in many countries varying degrees of responsibility for public roles is entrusted to private actors, including private health professionals, pharmaceutical companies and health insurance companies. Corruption occurs in both the public and private sectors.
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Corruption and the right to health 2017, para. 5
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- The present report is the result of extensive consultations among a wide range of stakeholders, including representatives of relevant United Nations agencies, civil society and academic experts. In May 2017, the Special Rapporteur convened an expert consultation in Bangkok and is very grateful to those who participated and provided valuable inputs for the present report.
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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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The right to mental health 2017, para. 94b
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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:] Mainstream the right to mental health into health, poverty-reduction and development strategies and interventions, and explicitly include it in general and priority health policies and plans;
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 94a
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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:] End all financial support for segregated residential mental health institutions, large psychiatric hospitals and other segregated facilities and services;
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 93e
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- [To ensure that social and underlying determinants for the promotion of mental health for all are addressed, the Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Take immediate steps to eliminate the corporal punishment of children and their institutionalization, including children with disabilities.
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 93b
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- [To ensure that social and underlying determinants for the promotion of mental health for all are addressed, the Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Take immediate action to develop public policies which, in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals, address mental health and holistic development in early childhood and adolescence, prioritizing promotion and psychosocial interventions;
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 92b
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- [To address the imbalance of the biomedical approach in mental health services, the Special Rapporteur recommends that:] States and other relevant stakeholders, including academic institutions, recalibrate mental health research priorities to promote independent, qualitative and participatory social science research and research platforms, exploring alternative service models that are non-coercive;
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 92a
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- [To address the imbalance of the biomedical approach in mental health services, the Special Rapporteur recommends that:] States take immediate measures to establish inclusive and meaningful participatory frameworks in the design of and decision-making around public policy, to include, inter alia, psychologists, social workers, nurses, users of services, civil society and those living in poverty and in the most vulnerable situations;
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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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The right to mental health 2017, para. 89
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- There are already promising initiatives in place throughout the world, including in low- and middle-income countries, which challenge the status quo. Creating the space, through strong political leadership and resources, to enable those practices to take shape in communities is a powerful means to promote and advance the changes needed.
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 86
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- An assessment of the global burden of obstacles alarmingly suggests their burden may be heavier than any burden of “mental disorders”. The crisis in mental health should be managed not as a crisis of individual conditions, but as a crisis of social obstacles which hinders individual rights. Mental health policies should address the “power imbalance” rather than “chemical imbalance”.
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 85
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- The failure of the status quo to address human rights violations in mental health-care systems is unacceptable. As mental health emerges as a policy priority, it is crucial now to assess the failure to chart a better way forward, reaching consensus on how to invest and how not to invest.
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 84
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- Mental health has often been neglected and when it does receive resources, it becomes dominated by ineffective and harmful models, attitudes and imbalances. That has led to the current situation of the grossly unmet need for rights-based mental health promotion and care. People of all ages, when they have mental health needs, too often suffer from either an absence of care and support or from services that are ineffective and harmful.
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 79
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- While psychotropic medications can be helpful, not everyone reacts well to them and in many cases they are not needed. Prescribing psychotropic medications, not because they are indicated and needed, but because effective psychosocial and public health interventions are not available, is incompatible with the right to health. For example, in most cases of mild and moderate depression “watchful waiting”, psychosocial support and psychotherapy should be the frontline treatments.
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 72
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- An environment that respects, protects and fulfils human rights and is free from all forms of violence, including gender-based violence, is fundamental for effective health promotion. Public health and psychosocial interventions are essential components of a rights-based mental health system, not a luxury. Relevant action must be based upon empowerment so as to enable individuals to increase control over and improve their health.
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 70
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- There exists an almost universal commitment to pay for hospitals, beds and medications instead of building a society in which everyone can thrive. Regrettably, prevention and promotion are forgotten components of mental health action. Harmful assumptions that goodwill and sacrifice alone will enable populations to achieve mental health and well-being have excused this inaction.
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 63
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- Informed consent is a core element of the right to health, both as a freedom and an integral safeguard to its enjoyment (see A/64/272). The right to provide consent to treatment and hospitalization includes the right to refuse treatment (see E/CN.4/2006/120, para. 82). The proliferation of paternalistic mental health legislation and lack of alternatives has made medical coercion commonplace.
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 56
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- Many countries are faced with a scarcity of human resources for mental health care and must undertake efforts to develop a workforce, including specialist and non-specialist health professionals, general practitioners and community health workers, as well as other professionals, such as teachers, social workers and other peer support and community workers with appropriate skills (including human rights education).
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 50
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- Diversity must be broadly understood, recognizing the diversity of human experience and the variety of ways in which people process and experience life. Respecting that diversity is crucial to ending discrimination. Peer-led movements and self-help groups, which help to normalize human experiences that are considered unconventional, contribute towards more tolerant, peaceful and just societies.
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Personas afectadas
- All
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- 2017
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 47
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- Discrimination, de jure and de facto, continues to influence mental health services, depriving users of a variety of rights, including the rights to refuse treatment, to legal capacity and to privacy, and other civil and political rights. The role of psychiatry and other mental health professions is particularly important and measures are needed to ensure that their professional practices do not perpetuate stigma and 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
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 45
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- International human rights law guarantees the right to non-discrimination in the access to and delivery of mental health-care services and the underlying determinants of health. The right to mental health is also dependent on equality and non-discrimination in the enjoyment of all other human rights that can themselves be considered an underlying determinant.
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 26
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- Asymmetries have been furthered by the financial power of, and alliances with, the pharmaceutical industry. Where financial resources for research and innovation are absent, the industry fills the gap with little transparency in drug approval processes or in doubtful relationships with health-care professionals and providers. That context illustrates how overreliance in policy on the biomedical model has gone too far and is now so resistant to change.
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 13
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- Public policies continue to neglect the importance of the preconditions of poor mental health, such as violence, disempowerment, social exclusion and isolation and the breakdown of communities, systemic socioeconomic disadvantage and harmful conditions at work and in schools. Approaches to mental health that ignore the social, economic and cultural environment are not just failing people with disabilities, they are failing to promote the mental health of many others at different stages of their lives.
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 7
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- Forgotten issues beget forgotten people. The history of psychiatry and mental health care is marked by egregious rights violations, such as lobotomy, performed in the name of medicine. Since the Second World War and the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, together with other international conventions, increasing attention has been paid to human rights in global mental health and psychiatry. However, whether the global community has actually learned from the painful past remains an open question.
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 3
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- The present report is the result of extensive consultations among a wide range of stakeholders, including representatives of the disability community, users and former users of mental health services, civil society representatives, mental health practitioners, including representatives of the psychiatric community and the World Health Organization (WHO), academic experts, members of United Nations human rights mechanisms and representatives of Member States.
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 2
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- In the present report, the Special Rapporteur expands on this issue and provides a basic introduction to some of the core challenges and opportunities for advancing the realization of the right to mental health of everyone. In the light of the scope and complexity of the issue and of the evolving human rights framework and evidence base, in his report the Special Rapporteur seeks to make a contribution to the important discussions under way as mental health emerges from the shadows as a global health priority.
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The right to mental health 2017, para. 1
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- Mental health and emotional well-being are priority areas of focus for the Special Rapporteur (see A/HRC/29/33). In each thematic report, he has attempted to bring mental health into focus as a human rights and development priority in the context of early childhood development (see A/70/213), adolescence (see A/HRC/32/32) and the Sustainable Development Goals (see A/71/304).
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- 2017
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 102c
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that national human rights institutions, non-State actors and sporting bodies:] Remove any policies that require women athletes, including intersex and transgender women athletes, to undergo unnecessary medical procedures in order to participate in competitive sport (international sporting bodies);
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 102b
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that national human rights institutions, non-State actors and sporting bodies:] Reach consensus on policies allowing for unhindered participation in high-level competitive and amateur sport by transgender and intersex people (international sporting bodies);
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 102a
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that national human rights institutions, non-State actors and sporting bodies:] Periodically and independently monitor and promote realization of the right to health in the context of sport and physical activity (national human rights institutions and civil society);
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 101k
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Periodically and independently monitor and evaluate initiatives concerning sport and physical activity for efficacy, and compliance with human rights standards.
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 101j
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Ensure full participation of the individuals affected in the design and implementation of programmes concerning sport and physical activity;
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 101h
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Require public and third-party providers of sporting and physical activity services to adopt policies consistent with human rights standards, and create or facilitate the production of materials designed to sensitize providers regarding the adoption of a human rights-based approach;
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 101f (iv)
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Take steps to secure participation in sport for all and the adoption of healthy lifestyles through: Research into, and promotion of, the benefits of engaging in sport and physical activity as part of healthy lifestyles;
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 101f (iii)
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Take steps to secure participation in sport for all and the adoption of healthy lifestyles through: Measures to facilitate or provide key/at-risk populations access to sporting goods, services, facilities and information;
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 101f (ii)
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Take steps to secure participation in sport for all and the adoption of healthy lifestyles through: Construction of quality infrastructure such as walking and cycling paths to facilitate equitable access to basic exercise and active transport facilities;
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 101f (i)
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Take steps to secure participation in sport for all and the adoption of healthy lifestyles through: Collaboration between relevant government sectors in developing policies and programmes with health impacts;
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 101e
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Create or update school-based physical education to ensure compliance with human rights standards;
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 101d
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Create or update national health-care plans to include strategies concerning the promotion of sport and physical activity and healthy lifestyles, as part of a health in all policies approach;
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 101c
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Create or enforce national human rights protection mechanisms applicable to amateur and professional athletes, ensuring access to justice and redress in the event of rights violations;
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 101b
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Ban the advertising, promotion and sponsorship of all children's sporting events, and other sporting events that could be attended by children, by manufacturers of alcohol, tobacco and unhealthy foods;
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 101a
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that States:] Review all laws, policies, regulations and programmes relating to sport and healthy lifestyles for compliance with human rights standards, and immediately amend or remove those that are discriminatory in nature or conflict with human rights;
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 98
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- The rights of both professional and amateur athletes, including children, must also be protected. Abuse, violence and discrimination occur too frequently within sport; States are obliged to take steps to prevent rights violations, and to provide adequate rehabilitation, redress and remedy.
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 97
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- The obligation to respect the right to health means that no person should be prohibited from participating in sport or physical activity. States and international sporting bodies must immediately remove discriminatory laws and policies in sport, including those that hinder participation, and tackle discriminatory attitudes and practices.
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 96
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- Healthy lifestyles have not traditionally been viewed as a rights issue, but their adoption is integral to realization of the right to health. Sport and physical activity are a vital part of healthy lifestyles, and States and other actors incur important obligations to maximize individual capacity to exercise and to live healthfully.
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 95
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- Although the above-mentioned initiatives are welcomed, there is a paucity of evidence on them. States should monitor and evaluate their programmes, policies and interventions for efficacy and for compliance with human rights standards and obligations, and should ensure that participation by the individuals affected is guaranteed in the design and revision stages.
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 90
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- Moreover, broader human rights concerns exist in regard to major sporting events, including health risks faced by workers on major event infrastructure projects, such as high rates of avoidable morbidity and mortality.
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 86
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- Civil society organizations and national human rights institutions should advocate for the inclusion of sport and healthy lifestyles in relevant national policies, and should ensure that the voices of marginalized and excluded groups, including children, are part of the policy-making process. National human rights institutions can also assist States through information-gathering, monitoring and evaluation.
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 75
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- Physically active older people have lower rates of all-cause mortality than their sedentary counterparts, and experience many health benefits, including healthier body mass and improved bone health, and lowered risk of coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer. Moreover, regular exercise plays an important role in preventing depression and cognitive decline.
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 65
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- The obligation to respect the right to health requires effort in order to combat entrenched discrimination against women in the field of sport and physical activity. Both at the professional and the amateur levels, there remains a worrying gender differential in participation in sport.
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 60
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- At the amateur level, sporting facilities and teams can be hostile spaces for transgender athletes, including non-binary people. Barriers include poorly designed changing rooms, requirements to wear clothing that might cause individual discomfort or hinder bodily movement, and restrictions on the use of sex-segregated bathrooms.
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 54
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- States should identify groups that are currently excluded from sport and physical activity, and through participatory mechanisms, create an inclusive culture wherein lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people and other historically excluded groups and individuals can fully and safely participate in sport.
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 49
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- Finally, States should take steps to fulfil the right to health of all children by ensuring safe access to sport and physical activity and physical education, and through provision of the goods, services, facilities and information necessary to enable all children's equitable participation.
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 38
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- States should engage in participatory and transparent research, monitoring and evaluation in order to determine the strategies that most effectively foster full and equal participation in sport and the adoption of healthy lifestyles and improve the health of the populace.
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 31
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- States should implement measures to facilitate the use of sporting goods, services, information and facilities. This facilitation can be considered in terms of availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality, and may take the form of economic assistance, or direct interventions or training. Consultations carried out for the present report suggest that, where appropriate, a State might financially partner with private entities to build facilities, in order to improve availability in certain areas or regions. Or, where accessibility is constrained on financial grounds for certain members of the population, subsidized access to sporting goods, services and facilities should be considered. A State might achieve this by implementing a voucher system (Georgia) or by adopting a policy allowing free or low-cost access to group sport or classes (Israel). Other interesting examples include waiving taxation on sporting goods (Brunei) and implementing taxation exemptions for bicycle use (Finland). Finally, States may take steps to improve both the acceptability and the quality of existing resources, by training and sensitizing personnel at sporting facilities within its jurisdiction and by engaging the populations concerned in the design, monitoring and evaluation of sports-related policies, programmes and services.
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 29
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- The provision of education is a State obligation under article 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which should include physical education. The right of the child to education is also recognized in article 28 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Physical education is not limited to people of school age, however; it is confirmed in the International Charter of Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sport that every human being has a right to physical education, and that physical education, activity and sport programmes must inspire lifelong participation. This is bolstered by other human rights instruments, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women which explicitly obliges States to provide women with the same opportunities to participate actively in physical education as men. Accordingly, all States should take steps to update school curricula and other relevant policies to ensure compatibility with the relevant human rights instruments and the International Charter of Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sport. States should also take steps to facilitate or provide access to physical education for people who are not enrolled in formal education.
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 18
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- Finally, States should refrain from interfering with athletes' health rights by means of laws, policies or programmes involving forced or coercive medical treatments or experimentation, such as doping, conducted in order to enhance sporting ability among athletes.
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 15
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- In order to discharge these obligations that are accrued under the right to health, States should take varying actions depending on their particular state of development and availability of resources.
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 7
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- The present report primarily considers participation in sport and physical activity, and the right to health. Other lifestyle factors, such as the avoidance of unhealthy foods, are beyond the scope of the report, and will be discussed to the extent that they are connected to sport and healthy lifestyles.
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 6
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- Moreover, in 2004, the World Health Assembly endorsed the Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health, of the World Health Organization (WHO), which outlines actions that must be taken by various actors to foster participation in physical activity.
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 102d
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that national human rights institutions, non-State actors and sporting bodies:] Reach consensus on policies concerning the protection of children participating in competitive sport, including in relation to children migrating to participate in high-level/professional sport (international sporting bodies);
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 114c
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- [In connection to substance use and drug control, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments:] Use the right to health framework to pursue strategies to prevent drug use among adolescents through evidence-based interventions as well as accurate and objective educational programmes and information campaigns.
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 114b
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- [In connection to substance use and drug control, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments:] Seek alternatives to punitive or repressive drug control policies, including decriminalization and legal regulation and control, and nurture the international debate on these issues, within which the right to health must remain central;
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 114a
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- [In connection to substance use and drug control, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments:] Close without delay all drug detention centres for adolescents, ensure the provision of prevention, harm reduction and dependence treatment services, without discrimination, and allocate a budget sufficient for the progressive realization of the right to health;
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 113e
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- [In connection to sexual and reproductive health rights, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments:] Repeal laws criminalizing or otherwise discriminating against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity, and put an end to practices and treatments aimed at changing sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 113d
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- [In connection to sexual and reproductive health rights, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments:] Guarantee the provision of age-appropriate, comprehensive and inclusive sexuality education, based on scientific evidence and human rights, as part of the school curriculum;
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 113c
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- [In connection to sexual and reproductive health rights, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments:] Ensure that sexual and reproductive health services are welcoming, adolescent-friendly, non-judgemental and guarantee privacy and confidentiality;
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 113a
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- [In connection to sexual and reproductive health rights, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments:] In line with target 5.6 of the Sustainable Development Goals, adopt or integrate a comprehensive sexual and reproductive health policy for all adolescents into national strategies and programmes in order to ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services;
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 112d
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- [In connection to mental health, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments:] Ensure independent monitoring of mental health facilities providing services for adolescents with mental health conditions, including psychosocial and intellectual disabilities, so that standards set by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities are progressively implemented.
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 112b
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- [In connection to mental health, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments:] Develop a system of adolescent mental health services that is mainstreamed into the community-based infrastructure of health, education and social welfare sectors;
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 112a
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- [In connection to mental health, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments:] In line with target 3.4 of the Sustainable Development Goals, formulate and implement a national adolescent mental health policy enabling the development of a spectrum of preventive and curatives services, in consultation with adolescents, that is sensitive to their rights and needs;
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 111k
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- [In this connection, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments:] Take the measures necessary to support families, including through training and services, to increase the abilities of parents to raise children and adolescents in a competent and confident manner and reinforce skills to manage situations in a non-violent way;
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 111j
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- [In this connection, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments:] Protect adolescents from violence and neglect, including in family settings, by, inter alia, upholding their right to confidential services and counselling without parental consent;
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 111i
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- [In this connection, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments:] Protect from interference and harm by non-State actors and third parties, including private service providers, by ensuring that they do not compromise the availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of health-care and other relevant services, facilities and goods for adolescents;
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 111g
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- [In this connection, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments:] Ensure that adolescents' health-care and other service providers, including social workers and educators, do not obstruct access to health facilities, goods and services by addressing discriminatory and stigmatizing attitudes and behaviours through information and awareness-raising campaigns;
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 111f
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- [In this connection, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments:] Ensure that health services are delivered in such a way as to respect adolescents' rights to privacy and confidentiality, address their different cultural needs and expectations and comply with ethical standards;
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 111e
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- [In this connection, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments:] Guarantee that health systems are responsive to the whole spectrum of health and psychosocial needs of adolescents, and ensure an integrated, multisectoral approach across social, child protective and education sectors;
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 111d
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- [In this connection, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments:] Adopt a human rights framework for adolescent health, ensuring that health plans and strategies prioritize a holistic approach addressing underlying and social determinants and balancing curative service provision with investment in the resilience and autonomy of adolescents;
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 111c
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- [In this connection, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments:] Ensure the quality and timely collection of appropriately disaggregated data to inform public policy, and make the reality and needs of adolescents visible;
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 111b
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- [In this connection, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments:] Remove all legal barriers to health facilities, goods and services, such as consent laws that unduly infringe upon the rights of adolescents to be heard and to be taken seriously and, ultimately, upon their right to make autonomous decisions;
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 111a
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- [In this connection, the Special Rapporteur recommends that Governments:] Meet their core obligation to recognize adolescents as rights holders by respecting their evolving capacities and their right to participate in the design, delivery and evaluation of all policies and services affecting their health and well-being;
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 110
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- The Special Rapporteur would like to link his recommendations with the global call to double investment in adolescence as a major precondition of successfully attaining the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 109
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- Policies and services supporting families are a very important part of the efforts by States to ensure that adolescents thrive and grow up as healthy and responsible adults. These policies should respect and protect the human rights of all individual members of family and should exclude measures that undermine the rights of individual members of the family, including adolescents.
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 106
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- Investing in the right to health of adolescents offers huge potential to capitalize on positive investments in early years, while providing the opportunity to ameliorate the impact of negative early experiences and building resilience to mitigate future harm.
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 102
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- Prevention cannot justify disproportionate infringements of adolescents' rights, including their rights to privacy, bodily integrity and education. States are encouraged to continue to restrict and, when necessary, ban alcohol and tobacco advertising, which has too often targeted young people.
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 89
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- Given the scale of these concerns, target 3.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals, on ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, is welcome. To achieve this target, States will have to adopt a comprehensive gender-sensitive and non-discriminatory sexual and reproductive health policy for all adolescents and to integrate it into national strategies and programmes.
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 82
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- The vulnerability of the growing number of adolescents in refugee camps or seeking asylum is worrying. States are reminded of their broad international obligations to protect refugees and ensure necessary assistance in the enjoyment of their rights, including the right to optimum mental health and well-being.
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 81
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- Accordingly, all institutions should adopt and publish principles and standards of care and establish safe and effective reporting mechanisms and systems for redress in line with international standards. Monitoring mechanisms should be in place to ensure that violations of the rights of adolescents in mental health care settings can be reported and redress sought.
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 80
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- The right to mental health must be underpinned by legal frameworks that are fully compliant with human rights standards, which demand respect for the evolving capacities of adolescents with disabilities and their physical integrity. Adolescents with disabilities are vulnerable to neglect, mental and physical abuse, sexual violence and forced sterilization or contraception while detained in mental health care settings.
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 75
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- Accordingly, the focus should be on building resilience, supporting parents, stimulating adequate help-seeking behaviours, creating positive peer groups and school environments, ensuring opportunities for influence and decision-making, increasing empowerment and emotional literacy. Furthermore, such programmes can also address risk behaviours such as bullying, suicidal behaviour, domestic violence and substance use.
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 74
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- Prevention of mental health problems and promotion of mental well-being in adolescence should be a central part of national health policies. Action plans should include programmes for evidence-based interventions that are well-funded and monitored and that aim to reinforce protective factors within adolescents, their families and communities.
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 71
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- Despite these obligations and commitments, there is a worrying lack of recognition or awareness of the nature and scale of mental health problems among adolescents in many countries. Evidence indicates that many adolescents consider emotional well-being to be the most important health problem they face and would like more access to quality mental health care.
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 68
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- Poor mental health can affect the health and development of adolescents more generally and is associated with many damaging health and social outcomes, such as substance use, the inability to form relationships, dropping out of school or academic underperformance and delinquent behaviours, together with increased likelihood of poverty and poorer employment opportunities.
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 64
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- Adolescents, together with other key civil society stakeholders, should play an active role in accountability. They should be actively involved in the determination of indicators at the national and local levels that reflect the issues they consider to be of critical importance in realizing the right to health.
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 61
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- Particular regard must be afforded to the barriers faced by adolescents with disabilities, as their views should be given due weight in accordance with age and maturity on an equal basis with others and as they must be provided with opportunities for supported decision-making.
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 59
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- However, all too often States continue to deny adolescents the right to make autonomous and confidential decisions with regard to accessing health services by requiring parental notification or consent. These restrictions often make adolescents reluctant to access needed services so as to avoid seeking parental consent, which may result in rejection, stigmatization, hostility or even violence.
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 58
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- Not only is adolescence a period of considerably enhanced cognitive development, it is also associated with greater self- and social awareness, and the ability to grapple with complexity and to take into consideration the perspectives of others. These developments have profound implications for adolescents' capacities to take increasing levels of responsibility for decision-making in respect of the right to health.
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 57
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- During adolescence, the right to be heard and to be taken seriously transitions into the right to make autonomous decisions about one's health care and treatment. The concept of children's evolving capacities is an enabling principle addressing the process of maturation and learning through which children progressively acquire competencies and understanding.
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 55
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- This has been broadly conceptualized as the right to and principle of participation, and is central to the realization of adolescents' right to health, both in individual matters relating to their own health care and in wider issues such as the design and development of health-related services. It implies a fundamental shift in the traditional status of the child as a passive recipient of adult decisions and interventions.
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 54
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- Children, including adolescents, lack the full autonomy of adults while being subjects of rights. Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child addresses the legal and social status of children, recognizing their capacity to form their own views and to express them freely in all matters affecting them and giving them due weight in accordance with age and maturity.
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 52
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- To achieve substantive equality, States must take special measures in order to diminish or eliminate conditions that cause discrimination" by introducing comprehensive legislation and policies, as well as affirmative action measures, to diminish or eliminate structural barriers and historic conditions that result in direct or indirect discrimination against any group of adolescents on any grounds.
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 50
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- The right to non-discrimination is fundamental to realizing adolescents' right to health. Discrimination encompasses any distinction, exclusion or restriction that has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by all persons, on an equal footing, of all rights and freedoms.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- Adolescents
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 49
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- States should take specific measures to ensure that adolescents with disabilities enjoy their right to family life and are not removed from their families against their will. States should ensure that information, training and support are provided to parents to enable them to help their adolescent children attain the highest attainable standard of 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
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- Personas afectadas
- Adolescents
- Persons with disabilities
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 48
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- Policies designed to protect families and family values should avoid measures that undermine the human rights of individual family members, including women, adolescents and younger children. Such approaches can be detrimental as they may, in the name of traditional values, tolerate or condone violence, reinforce unequal power relations within family settings and, therefore, deprive adolescents from the opportunity to exercise their basic rights.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- Adolescents
- Children
- Families
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 47
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- Safe and supportive families are crucial to helping adolescents develop to their full potential and attain the best health into adulthood. Therefore, support of the family environment is very important for the physical and mental health of children and adolescents. States should develop policies and services that support families and strengthen their parenting competencies so that all children can grow in healthy family environments.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- 2016
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 46
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- The family, in its diverse forms and arrangements, refers to the essential environment for the well-being, protection and development of children and adolescents. The recognition of diverse family forms is necessary to ensure the protection and promotion of the rights of all of children and adolescents, without discrimination of any sort.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- 2016
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 44
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- Rights to protection and increasing participation are mutually reinforcing. Guaranteeing adolescents the right to be heard, to challenge rights violations and to seek redress empowers them to exercise agency in their own protection. Failure to do so will condemn millions globally to continuing and extreme violations of their rights.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Personas afectadas
- Adolescents
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- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 43
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- In line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, States must introduce measures addressing the specific forms of violence faced by adolescents. Recognizing the right of adolescents to exercise increasing levels of responsibility should not obviate States' obligations to guarantee them protection.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- Adolescents
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- 2016
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 42
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- The focus in the Sustainable Development Goals on tackling violence against women and girls is welcome. However, significant levels of violence are also experienced by adolescent boys. Boys caught up in violent crime are often exposed to harsh punitive responses by States that create a downward spiral of increasing violence with profound detriment to their physical and mental health and well-being.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 41
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- Lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth are at risk of "punitive" rape on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Adolescents suffer disproportionately from the effects of gun violence and significant numbers of adolescents face serious harm or death as a consequence of armed conflict.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Gender
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- Adolescents
- LGBTQI+
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- 2016
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 40
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- Violence in intimate relationships among adolescents is also common, resulting in both immediate and potential long-term consequences for their physical, mental and social health. In addition to its immediate health consequences, the trauma of violence perpetrated by an intimate partner can lead to long-term physical injuries, to both immediate and delayed-onset health problems and to experiences of repeated revictimization.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
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- 2016
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 37
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- Measures to address the right to health should be holistic and integrated, go beyond the provision of health services and be underpinned by cross-departmental commitment. States should take account of and respond to the particular challenges faced by different groups, such as younger and older adolescents, males, females and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- Adolescents
- LGBTQI+
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- 2016
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 34
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- The health sector should take the lead in development plans for adolescents' right to health. However, intersectoral collaboration is vital, including among the education and social protection sectors, and right-to-health considerations must be integrated into relevant policies and strategies.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Education
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- Adolescents
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- 2016
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 33
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- All health-related services must be appropriate and of good quality, with skilled personnel who have been adequately trained, in particular on adolescents' right to health. Equipment and drugs must be appropriate for adolescents and regular assessments of the quality of health-care services undertaken.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- 2016
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 29
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- The right to health gives rise to an obligation of States to ensure the availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of health services, goods and facilities. States must ensure that sufficient health facilities, goods, services and programmes are available to meet the needs of adolescents, especially the most marginalized.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 22
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- The Convention on the Rights of the Child provides a comprehensive normative and legally binding framework to address the right to health of adolescents under the age of 18, while other treaties, such as the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, provide a framework relevant for all adolescents, including those aged 18 and 19.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Personas afectadas
- Adolescents
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- 2016
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 20
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- Adolescents have the right to play an increasingly important role in the determination of their own health care. Respect and recognition of their capacities is intrinsic to the enhancement of positive health outcomes. Forging partnerships with adolescents is the key to shaping an environment that enables the realization of their 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
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- 2016
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 13
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- Supporting adolescents to navigate successfully the challenging path towards healthy emotional, psychosocial, physical and sexual development requires recognition of their rights to information, freedom of expression and association, protection from all forms of violence, safety, bodily integrity and family life, and respect for their dignity and evolving capacities.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- 2016
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 9
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- Adolescence is a life stage of intrinsic value, not merely a transition between childhood and adulthood. It is a critical developmental stage characterized by growing cognitive abilities and emotional competencies, during which the brain has substantial neural plasticity. The physical, mental and social potential established during the second decade contributes to enhanced intellectual ability and emotional functioning throughout adulthood.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
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- 2016
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 8
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- The Special Rapporteur recognizes the heterogeneity of adolescence and that definitions vary by country and region. However, to promote consistency and facilitate the measurement of adolescent health, this report adopts the definition of the World Health Organization, which views adolescents as persons between the ages of 10 and 19 years (until the twentieth birthday).
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- Adolescents
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- 2016
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 6
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- The rate and breadth of developmental change during adolescence is second only to that experienced in early childhood. While investments during the past 20 years have resulted in enormous gains for children in the early years, far less recognition has been afforded by policymakers to the implications of development in the second decade of life. Over the past 50 years, health has improved far less among adolescents than it has among young children.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- 2016
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 4
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- It is estimated that 1.3 million adolescents died in 2012 from preventable or treatable causes. Road traffic accidents, suicide and homicide, violence and war, drowning and fire-related incidents account for about 40 per cent of all deaths among youth (people aged between 15 and 24 years). A small percentage of adolescents suffer from life-limiting and sometimes terminal illness, of which a majority are estimated to have no access to palliative 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
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- 2016
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Right to health of adolescents 2016, para. 2
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- There is a growing focus on adolescence within the international health and development community, as reflected, most notably, in the Global Strategy on Women's, Children's and Adolescents Health 2016-2030. These are important and welcome commitments that now need to be translated into action on the ground.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Adolescents
- Children
- Women
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- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 103q
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- [As a matter of priority, the Special Rapporteur recommends that:] Member States guarantee substantial investments in healthy human relationships, emotional and social well-being and social capital, starting from interventions that address infant-parent interactions in early childhood and moving through the entire life cycle;
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- 2016
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 103p
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- [As a matter of priority, the Special Rapporteur recommends that:] Member States ensure that health-related and other policies addressing violence do so by tackling all forms of violence, and avoid exceptions or selective approaches that condone or tolerate certain forms of violence;
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- 2016
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 103o
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- [As a matter of priority, the Special Rapporteur recommends that:] Member States ensure political commitment at all levels to reach common understanding and agreement that all forms of violence, and not only the most severe ones, are not accepted and should not be tolerated, without any exceptions;
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 103n
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- [As a matter of priority, the Special Rapporteur recommends that:] Member States ensure that the focus on providing accessible and free health care for all and closing the treatment gap does not undermine the need to protect and monitor human rights in patient care, so that health-care services are free from discrimination and violence;
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 103j
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- [As a matter of priority, the Special Rapporteur recommends that:] Member States fulfil immediate or core obligations under the right to health to guarantee access to health services without discrimination, and take deliberate, targeted and concrete steps to ensure the effective realization of this right, especially for the most marginalized;
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- 2016
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 103i
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- [As a matter of priority, the Special Rapporteur recommends that:] Member States invest in effective, transparent and accountable health-care systems, with a focus on primary health care and health promotion, and address imbalances and power asymmetries within and beyond health-care systems in all decisions aimed at reaching universal health coverage;
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- 2016
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 103h
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- [As a matter of priority, the Special Rapporteur recommends that:] Member States use the right-to-health framework to develop national plans to strengthen health systems and set priorities by addressing inequalities, which is the main goal of universal health coverage;
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 103g
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- [As a matter of priority, the Special Rapporteur recommends that:] Member States remove all measures that restrict the space for civil society, and ensure safe and enabling environments for civil society actors so as to guarantee a meaningful and respectful partnership with the State;
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- 2016
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 103e
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- [As a matter of priority, the Special Rapporteur recommends that:] Member States identify disparities and prioritize the most vulnerable through collection and disaggregation of health-related data, using both qualitative and quantitative methods, to monitor progress and support review and accountability in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals;
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 103c
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- [As a matter of priority, the Special Rapporteur recommends that:] Member States act in conformity with their obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the right to health in all their efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, and not only Goal 3;
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 103a
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- [As a matter of priority, the Special Rapporteur recommends that:] Member States ensure full compliance with universal human rights law and principles and refrain from selective approaches to upholding the right to health and related human rights when developing strategies towards the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals;
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 100
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- The 2030 Agenda makes a strong call to "ensure that no one is left behind" and "reach the furthest behind first". This reflects the need to seriously address inequities, inequality and discrimination as major threats to global development, which is of crucial importance for the effective realization of the right to health.
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 98
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- Addressing violence proactively as a public health issue can end the vicious cycle of violence, poverty and helplessness. For this, it is vital that investment in healthy human relationships, emotional and social well-being and social capital be prioritized.
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 90
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- Strengthening health systems, including by investing in training, recruitment and retention of the health workforce (target 3.c), protecting their rights and improving their wages and working conditions, is essential to progress towards universal health coverage (see A/60/348).
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 84
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- Such costs often have a significant and disproportionate impact on the poor, who pay a considerably larger portion of their total income on health. In turn, they drive many households into poverty or deepen the poverty of those already poor. Such fees could bar those without the means to pay from receiving needed care, as well as discourage people from seeking care in the first place.
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 82
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- The right to health recognizes the importance of prioritizing investments in primary and preventive care, which benefits a far larger sector of the population, over expensive specialized health services, often accessible only to a small, privileged fraction of the population. Investing in primary health services prevents illness and promotes mental and physical health, and in turn reduces the need for specialized care.
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 70
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- Remedies and redress are an essential dimension of human rights accountability but are completely neglected in the 2030 Agenda. Remedies can be understood as "measures to put things right, as far as possible, if they have not gone as promised or planned". Where States are failing to meet their human rights obligations in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals, duty bearers are under an obligation to act.
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 69
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- At the national level, and increasingly at the regional and global levels, judicial and quasi-judicial reviews are playing a role in supporting accountability for the right to health, including on issues at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals, such as HIV/AIDS and maternal mortality. Litigation can play a special and potentially transformative role where the right to health has been violated.
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 67
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- Another key mechanism is the Independent Accountability Panel, appointed earlier in 2016, which will monitor progress towards the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health. The Special Rapporteur welcomes the appointment of the Panel and will follow its work with interest.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Adolescents
- Children
- Women
- Año
- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 66
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- The high-level political forum on sustainable development is the central global review body identified by the 2030 Agenda and is mandated to carry out regular reviews, as well as cross-cutting and thematic reviews. The Special Rapporteur is concerned that the high-level political forum meets only for eight days each year and is underresourced. In addition, reporting to the high-level political forum is voluntary.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
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.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- N.A.
- Año
- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 62
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- Review means "analysing data to determine whether … health has improved, and whether pledges, promises and commitments have been kept" by all relevant actors. It will be crucial for review processes to move beyond data analysis to assess whether Sustainable Development Goal commitments, including right-to-health commitments, have been met.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
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.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- N.A.
- Año
- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 47
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- Repressive laws can also restrict space for civil society actors to operate, thus hindering efforts towards the realization of basic rights and freedoms. Laws prohibiting non-governmental organizations and human rights defenders from working without official registration and limiting or altogether banning access to foreign funding have chilled the efforts to promote the rights of marginalized populations across the globe.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Activists
- Año
- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
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Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. (b)
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- Resource allocation should prioritize equitable distribution and access to health facilities, goods and services and not disproportionately favour health services for privileged populations, such as civil servants or those in large urban areas (target 1.a and Goal 3);
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 43
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- The right to health requires States to address holistically a range of barriers arising from inequality and discrimination that impede access to health care and underlying determinants of health and to prioritize vulnerable and poor members of society. This is consistent with the commitment to collectively implement Sustainable Development Goal targets and, importantly, provides normative guidance for prioritization.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 38
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- The commitments to leaving no one behind and ensuring accountability are fundamental principles of human rights. Universal health coverage is crucial to ensuring equity in implementing the right to health, while violence is a vital and underattended underlying determinant of health and a systemic barrier to gaining access to health care, improving well-being and meeting the Sustainable Development Goals.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 37
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- The relationship between the Sustainable Development Goals and the right to health gives rise to many issues of great importance. As space in the present report is limited, the present section provides an introductory exploration of four features of the 2030 Agenda that resonate with the right to health: addressing inequity and equality; accountability; universal health coverage; and violence.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo
Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 34
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- Developing countries members of international financial organizations should work to ensure protection of the right to health in those institutions' lending policies, credit agreements and other international measures. They also have an obligation to use resources at the national level and to seek resources through international cooperation and assistance to realize the right to health.
- Organismo
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
- Temas
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- N.A.
- Año
- 2016
- Fecha de adición
- 19 de ago. de 2019
Párrafo