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OHCHR and the right to health OHCHR

WEBThe Right to Health, Fact Sheet No. 31, OHCHR/WHO (2008). Latest reports. E/2023/74: Economic, social and cultural rights (2023) In the present report, submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution …

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The Right to Health

WEBthe right to health and to take steps in that direction without delay. Notwithstanding resource constraints, some obligations have an immediate effect, such as the …

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Fact Sheet No. 31: The Right to Health OHCHR

WEBThe right to health is a fundamental part of our human rights and of our understanding of a life in dignity. This jointly issued Fact Sheet aims to shed light on the …

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About the right to health and human rights OHCHR

WEBThe right to physical and mental health is a broad concept that can be broken down into more specific entitlements such as the rights to: maternal, child and reproductive health; …

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International standards on the right to physical and …

WEB3. The health care system shall give preference to the training and employment of local community health workers, and focus on primary health care while maintaining strong …

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OHCHR overview on Universal Health Coverage and …

WEBnecessary health insurance and health-care facilities, and to prevent any discrimination on internationally prohibited grounds in the provision of health care and …

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The right to health: key aspects and common …

WEBThe right to health is an inclusive right, covering a wide range of elements that help us to lead healthy lives—things like safe drinking water, adequate sanitation, safe food, …

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Your Health, Your Choice, Your Rights

WEBthe right to sexual and reproductive health, General Comment 22. It applies the rights framework set forth in General Comment 14 on the right to the highest attainable …

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THE RIGHT TO HEALTH

WEBThe right to health means that governments must generate conditions in which everyone can be as healthy as possible. Such conditions range from ensuring availability of health …

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Special Rapporteur on the right to health OHCHR

WEBMs. Tlaleng Mofokeng, from South Africa, was appointed as Special Rapporteur by the UN Human Rights Council at its forty-fourth session in July 2020. She is a medical doctor …

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The right to mental health OHCHR

WEBThe right to mental health is a subject of ever-increasing importance at the Human Rights Council. In March 2016, 73 States issued a joint statement to highlight the centrality of …

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General comment No. 14: The right to the highest attainable

WEBattainable standard of health conducive to living a life in dignity. The realization of the right to health may be pursued through numerous, complementary approaches, such as the …

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Access to safe and legal abortion: Urgent call for United States to

WEBThe right to health under article 12 of the CEDAW Convention includes the right to bodily autonomy and encompasses women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive …

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Abortion is essential healthcare and women’s health must be

WEBInternational Safe Abortion Day28 September 2021 On the International Safe Abortion Day, a group of UN experts* stress that abortion is essential health care …

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Information Series: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

WEBThe information series on sexual and reproductive health and rights, first released in 2015 and updated in 2020, synthesizes the human rights standards pertaining to nine key …

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Women’s and girls’ reproductive choices must be respected, UN …

WEBWorld Contraception Day, 26 September 2022 International Safe Abortion Day, 28 September 2022 GENEVA (23 September 2022) – States must ensure the …

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Young people need their sexual and reproductive health and rights

WEB06 May 2021. “Access to sexual and reproductive health and rights is extremely crucial for young people. It provides medical care and comprehensive sexuality education, which …

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United States: Abortion bans put millions of women and girls at …

WEBGENEVA (2 June 2023) – Millions of women and girls across the United States have suffered an alarming deterioration in access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, …

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Sexual and reproductive health and rights OHCHR

WEBWomen’s sexual and reproductive health is related to multiple human rights, including the right to life, the right to be free from torture, the right to health, the right to privacy, the …

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Women’s autonomy, equality and reproductive health OHCHR

WEBThe UN Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women and girls examines the link between women’s autonomy, equality and reproductive health in the context of …

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Protecting the human rights of older persons OHCHR

WEBThe pandemic has also taught us how much we need to strengthen health-care systems and social protections – to advance the well-being and resilience of all, …

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