Human Rights Council
Resolution 6/29.
Right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest
attainable standard of physical and mental
health
The Human Rights Council,
Aware that, for millions of people throughout the world, the full enjoyment of
the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health still remains
a distant goal and that, in many cases, especially for those living in poverty, this goal
remains remote,
Reaffirming that the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest
attainable standard of physical and mental health is a human right as reflected, inter
alia, in article 25, paragraph 1, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article
12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and article
24 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as, with respect to nondiscrimination, in article 5 (e) (iv) of the International Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and in article 12, paragraph 1, of the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and
that such a right derives from the inherent dignity of the human person,
Taking note with interest of general comment No. 14 (2000) on the right to the
highest attainable standard of health (article 12 of the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights), adopted by the Committee on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights at its twenty-second session in May 2000; of general
comment No. 3 (2003) on HIV/AIDS and the rights of the child, adopted by the
Committee on the Rights of the Child at its thirty-second session; and of general
recommendation No. 24 (1999) on women and health (article 12 of the Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women), adopted by the
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women at its twentieth
session,