Reports of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health
The Special Rapporteur on the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health was appointed by the United Nations in 2002. The Special Rapporteur reports annually to the UN Human Rights Council and the UN General Assembly on the status of the Right to Health around the world.
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Annual reports to the Human Rights Council/Commission on Human Rights:
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Year |
Report no. |
Topics |
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2012 |
occupational health, especially of vulnerable population groups |
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2011 |
development and the right to health |
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2010 |
criminalisation of same-sex relationships, sex work and HIV transmission |
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2009 |
access to medicines, Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS and free trade agreements) |
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2008 |
health systems and the right to the highest attainable standard of health |
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2006 |
the progress made in reaching the three objectives of the Rapporteur’s mandate and a human rights-based approach to health indicators |
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2005 |
persons with mental disabilities |
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2004 |
sexual and reproductive health and rights; the link between poverty and health; neglected diseases; and violence prevention |
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2003 |
the three objectives of the Special Rapporteur’s mandate: to promote the right to health as a fundamental human right; to clarify the contours and content of the right to health; and to identify good practices for the operationalization of the right to health at the community, national and international levels |
Annual reports to the General Assembly:
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Year |
Report no. |
Topics |
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2012 |
health financing in the context of the right to health |
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2011 |
criminalisation of sexual and reproductive health |
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2010 |
drug use and the right to health |
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2009 |
informed consent and the right to health |
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2008 |
accountability and human rights guidelines for pharmaceutical companies in relation to access to medicines. |
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2007 |
A/62/214 |
prioritization of health interventions and respect for human rights; impact assessments; and water and sanitation and the right to health |
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2006 |
access to medicines and the reduction of maternal mortality |
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2005 |
health professional skills drain; the Commission on Social Determinants of Health, and human rights education for health professionals |
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2004 |
health-related Millennium Development Goals; right to health for indigenous peoples; right to health, child survival and indicators |
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2003 |
right to health indicators; good practices for the right to health; HIV/AIDS and the right to health; neglected diseases, leprosy and the right to health; and an optional protocol to ICESCR |
Other publications from the office of the Special Rapporteur
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Human Rights Guidelines for Pharmaceutical Companies in relation to Access to Medicines: the Sexual and Reproductive Health Context
Rajat Khosla & Paul Hunt, 2009 -
Health Systems and the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health
Paul Hunt & Gunilla Backman, 2008 -
Accountability and the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health
Helen Potts, 2008 -
The Millennium Development Goals and the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health
Lecture Paul Hunt in Abuja, Nigeria, 17 August 2007 -
Human Rights and Neglected Diseases
Paul Hunt, Rebecca Steward, Judith Bueno de Mesquita & Lisa Oldring, World Health Organization, 2007
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The Rights to Sexual and Reproductive Health
Paul Hunt & Judith Bueno de Mesquita, Human Rights Centre University of Essex, 2007 -
Reducing Maternal Mortality. The contribution of the right to the highest attainable standard of health
Paul Hunt & Judith Bueno de Mesquita, Human Rights Centre University of Essex, 2007 -
Impact Assessments, Poverty and Human Rights: A case study using the right to the highest attainable standard of health
Paul Hunt & Gillian MacNaughton, UNESCO, 2006
More documents from the Office of the Special Rapporteur (outside link)
Since February 2013, over 20 people held in custody in Guantanamo Bay have been in hunger strike. There are reports that the US has sent in doctors and nurses, who assist in forced feeding, a recogniced violation of human rights and a breach of medical ethics.
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