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Criminalisation of sexual and reproductive health 2011, para. 65l
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- [In applying a right-to-health approach, States should undertake reforms toward the development and implementation of policies and programmes relating to sexual and reproductive health as required by international human rights law. In that context, the Special Rapporteur calls upon States to:] Ensure that accurate, evidence-based information concerning abortion and its legal availability is publicly available and that health-care providers are fully aware of the law related to abortion and its 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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- Special Procedures' report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2011
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Right to health in early childhood - Right to survival and development 2015, para. 112m
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- [In this connection, the Special Rapporteur urges Governments:] To prohibit discrimination against intersex people, including by banning unnecessary medical or surgical treatment, and adopt measures to overcome discriminatory attitudes and practices through awareness-raising, training for public officials and medical professionals and the elaboration of ethical and professional standards that respect the rights of intersex persons, in consultation with intersex people and their organizations;
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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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- 2015
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Criminalisation of sexual and reproductive health 2011, para. 65k
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- [In applying a right-to-health approach, States should undertake reforms toward the development and implementation of policies and programmes relating to sexual and reproductive health as required by international human rights law. In that context, the Special Rapporteur calls upon States to:] Establish policies and programmes to ensure the accessibility and availability of safe, reliable and good quality services for abortion-related complications and post-abortion care, in line with WHO protocols, particularly in jurisdictions where abortion is criminalized;
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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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- 2011
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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. 74
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- 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.
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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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- 2014
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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. 73c
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- [To ensure effective enforcement of the right to health in domestic jurisdictions, the Special Rapporteur makes the following recommendations:] Judgements and orders should be implemented with the participation of affected communities and other stakeholders;
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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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- 2014
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 102e
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- [The Special Rapporteur recommends that national human rights institutions, non-State actors and sporting bodies:] Review all policies and operations concerning major sporting events and professional sporting competitions for compliance with the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and put in place protective mechanisms for athletes, workers and citizenry (international/national sporting bodies; private actors).
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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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- 2016
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Criminalisation of sexual and reproductive health 2011, para. 65h
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- [In applying a right-to-health approach, States should undertake reforms toward the development and implementation of policies and programmes relating to sexual and reproductive health as required by international human rights law. In that context, the Special Rapporteur calls upon States to:] Decriminalize abortion, including related laws, such as those concerning abetment of 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
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2011
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Right to health in early childhood - Right to survival and development 2015, para. 112f
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- [In this connection, the Special Rapporteur urges Governments:] To promote the development and practical application of appropriate indicators and benchmarks to monitor progress in the realization of the right to health in early childhood, including in the areas of emotional and social development;
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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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- 2015
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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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- 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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- 2016
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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
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Health
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- 2017
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The right to health and international drug control, compulsory treatment for drug dependence and access to controlled medicines 2010, para. 76
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- [Member States should:] Ensure that all harm-reduction measures (as itemized by UNAIDS) and drug-dependence treatment services, particularly opioid substitution therapy, are available to people who use drugs, in particular those among incarcerated populations.
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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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- 2010
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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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- 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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- 2016
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Access to medicines in the context of the right-to-health framework 2013, para. 69
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- The Special Rapporteur encourages States to ensure that central principles of non-discrimination, transparency, accountability, and multi-stakeholder participation, particularly of affected communities and vulnerable groups, are adequately reflected in the policies and activities under the national plan of action on 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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- Equality & Inclusion
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- 2013
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Criminalisation of sexual and reproductive health 2011, para. 65j
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- [In applying a right-to-health approach, States should undertake reforms toward the development and implementation of policies and programmes relating to sexual and reproductive health as required by international human rights law. In that context, the Special Rapporteur calls upon States to:] Ensure safe, good quality health services, including abortion, using services, in line with WHO protocols;
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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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- 2011
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The right to health and international drug control, compulsory treatment for drug dependence and access to controlled medicines 2010, para. 36
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- Such disciplinary treatments more often than not substitute for evidence-based methods. As a result, many people dependent on heroin and other opioids suffer through unmedicated withdrawal, instead of receiving pharmacologically supported withdrawal or OST. Classifying methadone and buprenorphine as illegal creates an extra barrier to accessing such drug-dependence treatments. Imposition of compulsory treatment, at the expense of OST and other harm-reduction interventions, also increases the risk of disease transmission, particularly HIV/AIDS.
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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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- 2010
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The right to health and international drug control, compulsory treatment for drug dependence and access to controlled medicines 2010, para. 54
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- Interventions such as first-aid training and administration of Naloxone (an opioid receptor antagonist used to reverse depression of the central nervous system in cases of opioid overdose) are also used to minimize the harm associated with drug overdose, as is the use of drug-consumption rooms, where individuals can use drugs in a supported environment. The potential benefits of drug-consumption rooms include prevention of disease transmission and reduced venous damage, as well as encouraging entry to treatment and other services. Evidence exists that drug-consumption rooms have contributed to reductions in overdose rates, and increased access to medical and social 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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- 2010
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The right to health and development 2011, para. 40
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- The relationship between the law, public health and human rights has thus been seen as of particular importance in relation to HIV. In an attempt to control the virus and the social practices that result in its spread, laws may be hastily enacted that are only partially successful in achieving behavioural change. The "AIDS paradox" is that: "…one of the most effective laws we can offer to combat the spread of HIV which causes AIDS is the protection of persons living with AIDS, and those about them, from discrimination." Indeed, this paradox does not exist only in respect of laws. Any development intervention designed to combat the spread of HIV which respects the human rights of those directly affected by and those most at risk of HIV, will ultimately be more effective in achieving its stated goals.
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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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- 2011
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Health financing in the context of the right to health 2012, para. 48
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- Primary health-care goods and services include routine health check-ups, preventive screenings, immunizations and vaccinations, services for the management of chronic illnesses, family planning services, nutrition services, maternal care and childbirth services and mental health counselling, all of which serve basic health needs at low cost and reduce the need for secondary and tertiary health care. Primary health care also includes health awareness-raising and educational services, such as sanitation and public hygiene campaigns, which have both preventative and promotional effects and empower community members to improve and maintain their health on their own.
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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
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
- Año
- 2012
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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. 18
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- Any debate about the general justiciability of the right to health ended with the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on 5 May 2013 and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure on 14 April 2014. It is recommended that States ensure that the right to health is justiciable in their domestic jurisdictions. Most individual obligations of the right to health are clearly justiciable, and only obligations to fulfil that are progressively realizable require further analysis to confirm their justiciability.
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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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- 2014
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Right to health in early childhood - Right to survival and development 2015, para. 91
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- Accountability is essential if the right to health is to be more than window dressing. International human rights law provides a legal basis for accountability. The three primary components of accountability are monitoring, review and redress. Multiple administrative, political and legal accountability processes have a role to play in guaranteeing the right to health, including survival and development, in early childhood. These mechanisms should provide accountability for the protection of the rights to health and healthy development in early childhood in national policies, programmes and plans and in the delivery of services and enable individuals and groups to seek redress where this has not happened.
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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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- 2015
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Work of the mandate and priorities of the SR 2015, para. 80
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- The end of twentieth century brought two main messages to the international community. The first message was about the centrality of mental health in the modern health policies, based on the high burden of mental-health problems and mental disorders. The second message was that, contrary to the previous understanding, effective measures are possible if outdated traditions are abandoned and the modern public health approach is applied. In the twenty-first century there is no place for psychiatric institutions based on stigma and segregation, and there is a need, in words of G.H. Brundtland "to ensure that ours will be the last generation that allows shame and stigma to rule over science and reason".
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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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- 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. 56
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- Drug laws and policies impact on HIV control because of the dynamics of drug usage: in particular, the sharing of needles, through which HIV can be transferred. Approximately one in 10 new HIV infections worldwide result from injecting drug use, and up to 90 per cent of infections occur among people who inject drugs in regions such as Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Where harm-reduction interventions are not implemented, HIV prevalence among people who inject drugs can rise to 40 per cent or greater within a year or two of introduction of the virus into their communities.
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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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- 2010
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The right to health and international drug control, compulsory treatment for drug dependence and access to controlled medicines 2010, para. 69
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- In addition to legislative change, the importance of re-education and awareness-raising among law enforcement personnel cannot be underestimated, particularly because of the risk created by strict policing practices. For instance, the prevalence of HIV among people who inject drugs was recorded as significantly higher in Edinburgh in the 1980s, where police aggressively enforced laws banning needle possession, as compared to nearby Glasgow, where such strict enforcement was not taken. Any efforts to decriminalize or de-penalize drug use or possession must be coupled with appropriate strategies to ensure that the fear and stigma that were reinforced through excessive policing are ameliorated.
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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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- 2010
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The right to health and international drug control, compulsory treatment for drug dependence and access to controlled medicines 2010, para. 60
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- The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights imposes a number of immediate obligations on States Parties, including that they guarantee that rights will be exercised without discrimination. If harm-reduction programmes and evidence-based treatment are made available to the general public, but not to persons in detention, that contravenes international law. Indeed, because of the health risks associated with incarceration, the Special Rapporteur considers that greater efforts may be required inside prisons to meet public health objectives. In the context of HIV and harm reduction, this demands implementation of harm-reduction services in places of detention even where they are not yet available in the community, as the principle of equivalence is insufficient to address the epidemic among prisoners.
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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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- 2010
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Occupational health 2012, para. 15
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- The right to health requires States to pay special attention to the needs of vulnerable and marginalized groups. Most workers in the informal economy face significant social and economic difficulties. These include lack of legal protection, lack of access to formal financial services, lack of social protection or social health insurance afforded to formal sector employees, exposure to harsh law enforcement, lack of job security, discrimination and others. Moreover, many workers in the informal economy often face increased risk of occupational disease and injury as compared to formal workers. In some cases when informal workers are injured, they are not granted compensation for their injuries. As a result, informal workers are amongst the least secure and most vulnerable of all workers, and thus require special attention under the right to occupational 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
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- Año
- 2012
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Right to health in conflict situations 2013, para. 31
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- In occupied territories and in areas where health care is funded or provided by the military, health-care workers have been targeted due to their perceived association with military forces. Health professionals may also be targeted for providing services to anti-Government groups due to perceived support for such groups. Misuse of health-care delivery programmes, such as vaccination programmes, to further military aims may erode the perception of impartiality of medical personnel and create mistrust of health workers among the civilian population, which may lead to killings of health-care workers and rejection of vaccination programmes to the detriment of public health. Making health facilities, goods and services available through civilian, rather than military, structures may negate such apprehension and increase access to health-care services.
- 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
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
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- Año
- 2013
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Access to medicines in the context of the right-to-health framework 2013, para. 32
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- Imported medicines usually exact a tariff in the country of import which is normally added onto the cost of a medicine. Half of the surveyed States indicated that a tariff or levy is imposed on imported medicines. Tariffs are indeed applied to finished pharmaceutical products in 38 per cent of countries and to APIs in 41 per cent. The States, however, reported having differential policies with respect to import tariffs levied on such specific medicines as antibiotics, antiretrovirals (ARVs), cancer drugs and vaccines, which is a positive practice and can help reduce the prices of these life-saving 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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- Health
- Año
- 2013
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Work of the mandate and priorities of the SR 2015, para. 83
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- Mental health deserves much more attention and must be effectively mainstreamed within the Sustainable Development Goals through the goals and benchmarks related to health and sustainable development. The high number of suicides and suicide attempts are an indicator that the mental health of individuals and population needs to be addressed very seriously. Concerted and effective measures need to be applied to substantively address this challenge and reduce the numbers of suicides, which have in many countries reached epidemic rates. The Special Rapporteur will further analyse the relevance of human rights in addressing suicide and other mental health issues as a public health challenge.
- 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
- Temas
- Equality & Inclusion
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- Año
- 2015
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 24
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- States should provide mechanisms through which normative review and legal enforcement, as pertains to alleged health rights violations, can occur. There should be no barrier to the investigation and prosecution of such incidents, as competitive and amateur sports are as subject to international human rights law as any other activity undertaken within a State's jurisdiction. As an interim option or an alternative, it may be necessary or most effective for States to create independent complaints and monitoring mechanisms, potentially using existing human rights institutions, that people can utilize in the event of an alleged breach of their right to health in the sporting context. These could allow for redress and remedy through alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, such as mediation and arbitration. However, this should not preclude the referral of serious violations to national courts, especially allegations of criminal activity, which must be treated as criminal activity as in any other setting.
- 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
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- Año
- 2016
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 88
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- A number of entities involved in the organization and operation of major sporting events and competitions incur indirect rights obligations: the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, and the Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA), among others. These bodies have a vital role to play in implementing policies and activities aimed at realizing the right to health in the sporting context. Enhancement of protection of the human rights of athletes should not be perceived as a threat to the continued operation of major events but rather as a means of increasing the confidence of athletes and the public in the integrity of sporting institutions.
- 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
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- Año
- 2016
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