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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 33
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- Furthermore, test results are passed on to employers or recruitment agencies without the migrant worker's consent, breaching the requirement of confidentiality and contrary to international recommendations. Additionally, pre- and post-test counselling protocols may not be followed, even when required by law. A right to health approach, however, requires that counselling, voluntary testing and treatment be treated as a health-care continuum. Migrant workers who test positive for HIV may remain in an irregular situation, making them more vulnerable to abuse by employers and less likely to access medical treatment. In cases of pregnancy, women may resort to risky illegal abortion to avoid deportation. Further, compulsory testing stigmatizes those who are deported based on positive test results.
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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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- 2013
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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 51
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- As with other 3D jobs, informal arrangements and lack of coverage under labour and occupational health and safety laws are common, leaving little room for migrant farm workers to negotiate working and living conditions necessary to facilitate the realization of their right to health. Inadequate and unhygienic living conditions, food insecurity, underpayment of wages and excessive hours among migrant farm workers increase the risk of illness and work-related injuries, while decreasing their capacity to access health care. High vulnerability to HIV has been recorded among migrant farm workers in some regions, due to lack of access to information and knowledge about HIV, availability and use of condoms, voluntary testing and 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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- Persons on the move
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- 2013
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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 15
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- States, including receiving States, should ensure involvement of migrant workers in decision-making processes and awareness-raising strategies, particularly in relation to accessing health services. Participation will also raise awareness among potential migrant workers about issues such as migration stress factors, illegal recruiting practices, their rights in sending and receiving States and obligations of foreign employers. Community participation will assist in making health services culturally and linguistically appropriate for migrant workers. In some States, civil society organizations have successfully involved migrant workers in outreach and referral programmes resulting in culturally and linguistically appropriate information for migrant workers, thus encouraging community-led initiatives.
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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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- 2013
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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 47
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- Construction work is inherently hazardous because it involves working on scaffolding and unfinished structures and using powerful machinery. Falls have been found to be more common among migrant workers, while hand injuries from power tools and eye injuries from building materials lodging in unprotected eyes are also frequent occurrences. In hot climates, heat stroke, exhaustion, dehydration and heat-related cardiac conditions are of particular concern, especially for those compelled to work excessive hours. In addition, physical abuse by employers, overcrowded and unsanitary accommodation, non-payment of wages, confiscation of passports and contract substitution further increase health risks posed by construction 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
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Persons on the move
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- 2013
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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 56
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- Migrant domestic workers are frequently excluded or inadequately covered by the receiving State's labour laws and social protections, including health insurance. Sponsorship systems, debt, language barriers, fear of arrest, detention or deportation and a lack of effective recourse for violations interact to varying degrees in different receiving States to facilitate the systematic exploitation and abuse of domestic workers. The situation of some migrant domestic workers has even been described as "modern-day slavery". In order to fulfil the right to health, States are obligated to address the particular vulnerability of migrant domestic workers under labour, occupational health and safety and social protection laws.
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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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- 2013
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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 76n
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that sending and receiving States take the following steps in order to realize the right to health of migrant workers:] Encourage the establishment of migrant workers associations and trade unions to ensure effective representation and participation of migrant workers, including irregular and returnee migrant workers, in the formulation, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of laws and policies, including outreach and referral programmes, pre-departure sessions and social support groups.
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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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- 2013
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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 46
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- Occupational health is integral to the right to health. States should ensure that occupational health laws and policies address the unique vulnerabilities of migrant workers in dirty, dangerous and degrading (3D) industries and are implemented, monitored and enforced. The vulnerability of migrant workers in 3D jobs may be further intensified in cases of irregular migrant workers, who, due to their legal status are in a weaker position to negotiate their rights with employers. Furthermore, lax enforcement of laws and mechanisms like sponsorship systems in some countries, encourage exploitative practices. Sponsorship ties a migrant's authorization to work with one specific employer, and in some States, sponsorship gives an employer the power to refuse a migrant worker's request to transfer to another employer - such transfer may be sought due to abusive or unsafe working 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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- Equality & Inclusion
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- 2013
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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 38
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- Ensuring the availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of health facilities, goods and services on a non-discriminatory basis, especially for vulnerable populations like migrant workers, is a core obligation under the right to health. Non-discrimination requires that regular and irregular migrant workers be equally entitled to freedoms and entitlements available to nationals of States. Access to health care in many receiving States, however, is dictated by restrictive immigration policies and public perceptions of 'non-deserving' migrant workers, particularly those in an irregular situation. In the wake of the global economic crisis and associated austerity measures, States have legislated limitations on previously available health-care benefits for migrant workers. Such limitations are contrary to States' obligation to desist from taking retrogressive measures that impact on 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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- 2013
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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 44
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- Health-seeking behaviour can be influenced by a migrant worker's cultural background. Cultural misunderstandings and apprehension of procedures which they are not traditionally and culturally familiar with act as barriers to access. Migrant workers may therefore prefer doctors who practise their native traditional systems of medicines and who better understand their diseases, as opposed to the host State's health-care providers, who are perceived to lack cultural sensitivity to their health problems and sometimes racist and therefore discriminatory.
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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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- Social & Cultural Rights
- Personas afectadas
- Persons on the move
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- 2013
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Occupational health 2012, para. 7
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- A number of international human rights instruments address the right to occupational health in a variety of contexts. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides for the right of everyone to "just and favourable conditions of work" (art. 23). The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women establishes women's "right to protection of health and to safety in working conditions, including the safeguarding of the function of reproduction" (art. 11.1(f)) and requires States to "provide special protection to women during pregnancy in types of work proved to be harmful to them" (art. 11.2 (d)). The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families obliges States to "take measures not less favourable than those applied to nationals to ensure that working and living conditions of migrant workers and members of their families in a regular situation are in keeping with the standards of fitness, safety, health and principles of human dignity" (art. 70).
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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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- Persons on the move
- Women
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- 2012
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Right to health in conflict situations 2013, para. 40
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- The health needs of certain groups are often overlooked in conflict due to limited or suspended services. Older persons are more at risk in conflict due to poor mobility and are less able to travel to health facilities. They may be unable to carry heavy packages of food or containers of water, and often live without family support, which renders them vulnerable to higher levels of malnutrition and disease. Similarly, persons with disabilities, often abandoned by families fleeing conflict, may face greater health and safety risks. Many facilities are unable to provide children with disabilities with the treatment and care suited to their physical developmental needs, hampering their ability to enjoy 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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- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Families
- Older persons
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
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- 2013
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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 14
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- Accordingly, States should ensure the participation of migrant workers, including irregular migrant workers, in the formulation, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of laws and policies, including in the negotiation of bilateral agreements. As trade unions are considered fundamental in promoting workers rights, including occupational health, regular and irregular migrant workers, should be encouraged to participate in or form unions. Effective participation, especially of irregular workers requires positive measures by States to create an environment in which these groups can participate without fear of sanctions. Access to timely and accurate information is a prerequisite to meaningful participation in health-related decision-making.
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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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- Movement
- Personas afectadas
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2013
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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 10
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- By mandating that non-discrimination inform all aspects of State policy, the right to health framework does not allow for any distinction between regular and irregular migrant workers on the one hand, and nationals of States, on the other. In this aspect it differs from the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families which allows irregular migrant workers access to health facilities, goods and services only when urgently needed. Non-discrimination requires that socio-economic rights, such as access to health facilities, goods and services, be equally available to nationals and non-nationals, including irregular migrant 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
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- Special Procedures' report
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- 2013
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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 73
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- Some States deport women migrant workers who are found to be pregnant during compulsory medical testing. The women concerned may also be exposed to greater vulnerability in both sending and receiving States because of the stigma attached to pregnancy outside of marriage in many societies. The practice of forced contraceptive injections have been reported during pre-departure in some sending States. Such practices encroach upon rights to privacy, informed consent, confidentiality, dignity and non-discrimination and act as an impediment to seeking assistance from police or health systems.
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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
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Año
- 2013
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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 66
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- Due to poor public funding of mental health services, psychological symptoms may go untreated or be inappropriately treated. Medicines are prescribed when counselling or psychosocial support services would be more appropriate. Even when mental health services are available, under-utilization and premature dropout from services have been recorded among migrants, including migrant workers. Constant fear of deportation may also be a stress factor, and discourage workers from accessing mental health facilities, goods and services, where available.
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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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- Persons on the move
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- 2013
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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 37
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- The fear of detention and deportation prevents migrant workers from accessing health care, which may endanger their health and that of the broader population, thereby undermining public health justifications for detention and deportation. Further, employers may misuse laws providing for detention and deportation to exploit migrant workers. Fear of detention and deportation renders migrant workers more vulnerable and unable to enjoy the right to health and its underlying determinants. To fulfil the right to health of migrant workers, States should try to develop alternative detention policies more in line with the right to health. Additionally, without referral for counselling and treatment, deported migrant workers may also face difficulties in accessing health facilities, goods and services upon return to the sending State.
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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
- Persons on the move
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- 2013
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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 40
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- The principle of non-discriminatory access is eroded when irregular migrant workers are not allowed to access non-emergency health-care services. Notably, mental illness is rarely considered an urgent health issue. Such insufficiencies lead to unacceptable gaps in the implementation of minimum health guarantees for irregular migrant workers. Further, the denial of access to health care until an emergency situation arises is incongruent with the right to health and counter-intuitive, as it imposes longer-term health and financial costs for individual migrant workers and 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
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- Persons on the move
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- 2013
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Right to health in early childhood - Right to survival and development 2015, para. 76
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- Inequalities and discrimination obstruct equitable healthy development and educational attainment among young children from marginalized groups, including persons living in poverty, minority and indigenous groups, the girl child, persons with disabilities, persons in underserved areas such as rural populations, refugees, internally displaced children and children living in areas affected by conflict. Inequalities and discrimination ultimately contribute to health and other inequalities later in life and to the intergenerational transmission of disadvantage.
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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
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Youth
- Año
- 2015
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Work of the mandate and priorities of the SR 2015, para. 43
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- For example, such a retrogressive tendency has been observed in the area of sexual and reproductive health and rights, and with regard to discrimination against groups in vulnerable situations, including children, documented and undocumented migrants, persons with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons. In his reports and through his other activities, the Special Rapporteur will highlight the need and importance of applying the principle of the interdependence and indivisibility of human rights, and will underline how essential this is for the full realization 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
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- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
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- 2015
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The right to health and international drug control, compulsory treatment for drug dependence and access to controlled medicines 2010, para. 27
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- Police crackdowns and other interventions associated with criminalization of drug use and possession also result in displacement of drug users from areas serviced by harm-reduction programmes, decreasing their ability to participate in needle and syringe programmes, opioid substitution therapy (OST) and access to outreach workers. Access to emergency assistance in the instance of an overdose also is impeded, and the incidence of overdose may be increased by disrupting access to regular injecting networks and drug suppliers. Those most affected by displacement often are the most marginalized; for instance, the homeless, who cannot necessarily move indoors to use drugs.
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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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- 2010
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Report on expert consultation on access to medicines 2011, para. 44
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- The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health encompasses access to medical services and the underlying determinants of health, such as water, sanitation, non-discrimination and equality. As access to medicines is an integral and fundamental part of the right to health, Governments and the international community as a whole have a responsibility to provide access to medicines for all. Yet massive inequalities remain in access to medicines around the world, as up to 2 billion people (or one third of the world's population) lack access to essential medicines. Most of them live in low- and middle-income countries, where the needs of persons living in poverty, women, children and undocumented migrants, as well as other marginalized and vulnerable groups who are often discriminated against in terms of access to medicines, are ignored or underestimated.
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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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- Poverty
- Water & Sanitation
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Año
- 2011
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The realization of the right to health of older persons 2011, para. 20
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- Internationally recognized human rights standards and principles as contained in core international human rights treaties cover and protect older persons. Despite this tacit protection, it has increasingly been argued that there is a gap in the international human rights system because there is currently no specific universal human rights instrument on the rights of older persons. Specific provisions focusing on older persons, such as those which exist for some other categories of vulnerable persons such as women, children, persons with disabilities, and migrant workers, are also lacking.
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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
- Children
- Older persons
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Año
- 2011
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Occupational health 2012, para. 40
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- The right to health also requires States to address the prevention and reduction of the population's exposure to harmful substances, such as pesticides, and to assess their health impacts on workers. This is particularly important with respect to migrant workers because they may have limited access to health facilities, goods and services, and may lack access to the justice system. Where there is a real and confirmed hazard, the obligation to protect the right to occupational health requires States to prohibit production, sale and use of these substances. Where there is a reasonable potential for risk, States have a duty to take appropriate measures to reduce or prevent exposure, taking into consideration both the likelihood that harm will result and the extent of that harm. This includes requiring that pesticide labels are printed in all relevant languages, and agricultural workers are provided with adequate training and information regarding the use of pesticides.
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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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- N.A.
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- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personas afectadas
- Persons on the move
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- 2012
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Right to health in conflict situations 2013, para. 37
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- States should give particular attention to persons rendered vulnerable by conflict, such as women, children, older persons, people with disabilities and displaced communities. This requires States to address marginalization arising from social, political and economic exclusion; discrimination against persons belonging to or perceived to belong to a specific community; vulnerability due to ill-health; and conflict strategies that deliberately render certain communities vulnerable. These factors, individually or in combination, may expose certain groups to multiple vulnerabilities and an increased risk of violation of their right to health. Recognizing the diverse vulnerabilities in different communities and empowering them to participate in all decision-making processes that affect their health enable States to fulfil their obligation under the right to health during conflict and also promotes a sustainable recovery from 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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- Equality & Inclusion
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- Humanitarian
- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Older persons
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Año
- 2013
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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 75
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- For women who carry a pregnancy to term in receiving States, difficulty accessing obstetric, pre- and post-natal and maternal health-care services and information may result in adverse health outcomes for both the woman and child, including premature birth, low birth weight, congenital malformation and perinatal, infant and maternal mortality. In contrast, it has been found that policies promoting social integration of the migrant community reduce unfavourable pregnancy-related outcomes for migrant women. Extending the 14-weeks maternity leave required under the Maternity Protection Convention or the maternity leave granted to nationals to women migrant workers would assist in making pregnancy-related health care and services accessible and in accordance with 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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- Equality & Inclusion
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- Personas afectadas
- Children
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Año
- 2013
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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 53
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- Difficulties commonly experienced by migrant workers in accessing health care are exacerbated for farm workers because of high mobility driven by seasonal work and rural or remote settings. The migrant and community health centre is a successful model for providing physically and economically accessible health care for migrant farm workers. Programmes and services are tailored to a mobile multicultural population by way of outreach clinics, community health workers, patient navigation systems, out-of-hours services and low-literacy education. Participation has been key to the success of such centres, with a requirement that 51 per cent of governing board members be from the 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
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Movement
- Personas afectadas
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2013
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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 59
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- The possibility of arrest, detention and deportation due to immigration status further discourages access to health facilities, goods and services, particularly for transgender sex workers who may face severe discrimination and abuse in their home country. Health needs of migrant sex workers are poorly understood in many countries, resulting in policies that fail to address their needs and vitiate the right to health. For example, possession of a condom as evidence of sex work-related criminality actively deters migrant sex workers from carrying condoms, which results in risky sexual behaviour and exposure to HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
- Organismo
- 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
- Gender
- Health
- Movement
- Personas afectadas
- LGBTQI+
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2013
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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 36
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- Detention centres are often overcrowded, lack basic standards of hygiene, nutritious food and water. They have been described as centres of abuse and violence against migrant workers. Long periods of detention and poor living conditions in detention centres facilitate the transmission of communicable diseases and can have a devastating effect on the mental health of migrant workers. Health-care services in some detention centres are reportedly unavailable, difficult to access and of poor quality, which is particularly concerning for migrant workers detained due to health status. Migrant workers living with HIV have faced stigmatization and harassment as a result of lack of confidentiality in detention. Where States persist with immigration detention, they should, at the minimum, provide detainees with adequate living conditions, consensual medical check-ups and make quality and confidential physical and mental health facilities available and accessible in a timely manner.
- Organismo
- 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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- Movement
- Personas afectadas
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2013
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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 43
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- A right to health approach requires States to disseminate culturally appropriate health-related education and information to both regular and irregular migrant workers. Anti-immigrant austerity measures in some States, however, have reduced subsidies for interpretation and translation services in health-care settings. Lack of familiarity with the local language may put migrant workers at a disadvantage, as they may not be able to sufficiently describe symptoms to enable accurate diagnosis and quality treatment. Furthermore, an inability to understand health-related information and education may result in migrant workers unwittingly engaging in risky health behaviours. States should therefore ensure budgetary support for linguistically appropriate health services, interpreters and information and education.
- Organismo
- 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
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2013
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Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 49
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- States should ensure relief and remedies for migrant workers injured due to violation of their right to occupational health. However, a lack of coverage under workers' health insurance or compensation schemes has often afflicted migrant workers, particularly irregular migrant workers. Additionally, the preponderance of sub-contracting arrangements in the construction industry denies coverage, which is otherwise available. For severely injured workers, compulsory or voluntary repatriation may mean access to a lower standard of health care and inability to hold duty bearers in receiving States accountable.
- 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
- Medio de adopción
- N.A.
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Movement
- Personas afectadas
- Persons on the move
- Año
- 2013
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