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Reports to the Human Rights Council

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2008

  • HEALTH SYSTEMS AND THE RIGHT TO THE HIGHEST ATTAINABLE STANDARD OF HEALTH
    - Health systems: some historical landmarks
    - A right-to-health approach to strengthening health systems
    - The right to health helps to establish a health system in the same way as the right to a fair trial helps to establish a court system

A/HRC/7/11

2007

  • THE HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT: PROGRESS AND OBSTACLES
    - Civil society, health and human rights
    - The pivotal role of established human rights civil society organizations
    - The pivotal role of health professionals
  • CASES ON THE RIGHT TO HEALTH AND OTHER HEALTH-RELATED RIGHTS

A/HRC/4/28

Reports to the Commission on Human Rights

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2006

  • THE RIGHT TO AN EFFECTIVE, INTEGRATED HEALTH SYSTEM ACCESSIBLE TO ALL
  • A HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH TO HEALTH INDICATORS

E/CN.4/2006/48

2005

  • MENTAL DISABILITY AND THE RIGHT TO HEALTH
  • EVOLVING STANDARDS AND OBLIGATIONS

    - Disability and the human right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
    - Progressive realization and resource constraints
    - Available, accessible, acceptable and good quality
    - Non-discrimination and equality

E/CN.4/2005/51

2004

  • THE RIGHTS TO SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
  • POVERTY AND THE RIGHT TO HEALTH:
  • THE NIGER 'S POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
  • NEGLECTED DISEASES
  • THE RIGHT TO HEALTH AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION

E/CN.4/2004/49

 

2003

  • THE HUMAN RIGHT TO HEALTH
  • POVERTY AND THE RIGHT TO HEALTH
  • THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION AND THE RIGHT TO HEALTH
  • HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

E/CN.4/2003/58

Reports to the General Assembly

Year

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2007

  • PRIORITIZATION OF HEALTH INTERVENTIONS AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
  • IMPACT ASSESSMENTS AND THE RIGHT TO THE HIGHEST ATTAINABLE STANDARD OF HEALTH
  • WATER, SANITATION AND THE RIGHT TO THE HIGHEST ATTAINABLE STANDARD OF HEALTH

A/62/214

2006

  • REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY: THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE RIGHT TO HEALTH
  • THE HUMAN RIGHT TO MEDICINES

A/61/338

 

2005

  • HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION
  • THE SKILLS DRAIN: THE MIGRATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
    - Increasing recognition of the skills drain as a global problem
    - Reasons for the skills drain: “push” and “pull” factors
    - The skills drain, human rights and the right to health

A/60/348

2004

  • HEALTH-RELATED MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
  • RIGHT TO HEALTH FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
  • RIGHT TO HEALTH, CHILD SURVIVAL AND INDICATORS

A/59/422

2003

  • RIGHT TO HEALTH INDICATORS: AN INCREMENTAL APPROACH
  • GOOD PRACTICES FOR THE RIGHT TO HEALTH: A PRELIMINARY OVERVIEW
  • HIV/AIDS AND THE RIGHT TO HEALTH
  • NEGLECTED DISEASES, LEPROSY AND THE RIGHT TO HEALTH

A/58/427

 

 
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