Documents - Reports of the 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 on the status of the Right to Health around the world to the UN Human Rights Council and the UN General Assembly.
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Annual reports to the Human Rights Council/Commission on Human Rights (various languages):
- 2009 report (A/HRC/11/12), focusing on access to medicines, Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and free trade agreements
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- 2008 report (A/HRC/7/11), focusing on health systems and the right to the highest attainable standard of health
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- 2007 report (A/HRC/4/28), focusing on 1) progress made by the health and human rights movement and two obstacles identied; and 2) the advantages of using the legal system to clarify the meaning of health-related rights and secure better health-related services for individuals and communities.
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- 2006 report (E/CN.4/2006/48), focusing on the progress made in reaching the three objectives of the Rapporteur’s mandate and on a human rights-based approach to health indicators
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- 2005 report (E/CN.4/2005/51), focusing on persons with mental disabilities
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- 2004 report (E/CN.4/2004/49), focusing on sexual and reproductive health and rights; the link between poverty and health; neglected diseases; and violence prevention
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- 2003 report (E/CN.4/2003/58), focusing on 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
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Annual reports to the General Assembly:
- 2009 report (A/64/272), focusing on informed consent and the right to health
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- 2008 report (A/63/263), focusing on accountability and human rights guidelines for pharmaceutical companies in relation to access to medicines.
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- 2007 report (A/62/214), focusing on 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 report (A/61/338), focusing on access to medicines and the reduction of maternal mortality
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- 2005 report (A/60/348), focusing on health professional skills drain; the Commission on Social Determinants of Health, and human rights education for health professionals
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- 2004 report (A/59/422), focusing on health-related Millennium Development Goals; right to health for indigenous peoples; right to health, child survival and indicators
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- 2003 report (A/58/427), focusing on 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
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Other publications from the office of the Special Rapporteur
- Human Rights Guidelines for Pharmaceutical Companies in relation to Access to Medicines: the Sexual and Reproductive Health Context
Rajat Khosla & Paul Hunt, 2009
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- Health Systems and the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health
Paul Hunt & Gunilla Backman, 2008
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- Accountability and the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health
Helen Potts, 2008
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- The Millennium Development Goals and the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health
Lecture Paul Hunt in Abuja, Nigeria, 17 August 2007
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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