The right to the highest attainable standard of health (Art. 12) 2000, para. 53
Paragraphe- Paragraph text
- The most appropriate feasible measures to implement the right to health will vary significantly from one State to another. Every State has a margin of discretion in assessing which measures are most suitable to meet its specific circumstances. The Covenant, however, clearly imposes a duty on each State to take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that everyone has access to health facilities, goods and services so that they can enjoy, as soon as possible, the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. This requires the adoption of a national strategy to ensure to all the enjoyment of the right to health, based on human rights principles which define the objectives of that strategy, and the formulation of policies and corresponding right to health indicators and benchmarks. The national health strategy should also identify the resources available to attain defined objectives, as well as the most cost effective way of using those resources.
- Status juridique
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Organe
- Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights
- Type de document
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personnes concernées
- All
- Année
- 2000
- Type de paragraphe
- Other
- Reference
- CESCR General Comment No. 14, The right to the highest attainable standard of health (Art. 12) (2000), para. 53.
- Paragraph number
- 53
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