The right to the highest attainable standard of health (Art. 12) 2000, para. 12b (ii)
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- [The right to health in all its forms and at all levels contains the following interrelated and essential elements, the precise application of which will depend on the conditions prevailing in a particular State party:] Accessibility. Health facilities, goods and services have to be accessible to everyone without discrimination, within the jurisdiction of the State party. Accessibility has four overlapping dimensions: Physical accessibility: health facilities, goods and services must be within safe physical reach for all sections of the population, especially vulnerable or marginalized groups, such as ethnic minorities and indigenous populations, women, children, adolescents, older persons, persons with disabilities and persons with HIV/AIDS. Accessibility also implies that medical services and underlying determinants of health, such as safe and potable water and adequate sanitation facilities, are within safe physical reach, including in rural areas. Accessibility further includes adequate access to buildings for persons with disabilities.
- 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
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
- Personnes concernées
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- 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. 12b (ii).
- Paragraph number
- 12b (ii)
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