UN Declarations & Treaties

On December 10, 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Following this historic act the Assembly called upon all Member countries to publicise the text of the Declaration and "to cause it to be disseminated, displayed, read and expounded principally in schools and other educational institutions, without distinction based on the political status of countries or territories."
Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Of equal importance is The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). ICESCR is a multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 16, 1966, which has been in force since January 1976. It commits its parties to work toward the granting of economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR) to individuals, including labour rights and rights to health, education, and an adequate standard of living.
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)

In May 2000, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) published General Comment No. 14, which provides a detailed description of the obligations of States to secure the Right to Health for their citizens, as well as criteria for monitoring this right. General Comment No. 14 strengthens the basic principle that the accessibility, availability and affordability of health care of good quality is an inalienable right for all.
CESCR General Comment No.14 on the Right to Health

At the 51st WHA in May 1998, the world community signed the World Health Declaration, in which the “Health for All in the 21st Century” policy was adopted to carry forward the vision of HFA stated in the Alma-Ata Declaration. This policy defined global priorities for the first 20 years of the 21st Century.
Health for All in the 21st Century (World Health Declaration)

The Alma-Ata Declaration of 1978 emerged as a major milestone of the twentieth century in the field of public health, and it identified primary health care as the key to the attainment of the goal of Health for All.
Declaration of Alma Ata