OHCHR | Comments on Legislation and Policy

Comments on Legislation and Policy

The Special Rapporteur on the right to physical and mental health regularly contributes to major international discussions on health-related issues, providing human rights guidelines to policy-makers and other stakeholders. Find the list of open statements, letters and comments by the Special Rapporteur below.

Statement by the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health on the adoption of front-of-package warning labelling to tackle NCDs (2020)
Comments to the Draft Crimes Against Humanity Convention on the definition of gender (2018)
Comments to the Draft Crimes Against Humanity Convention regarding persecution grounds (2018)
Special Procedures open letter on International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) new eligibility regulations for female classification (2018)
Open Statement by the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health on the occasion of the 2nd Anniversary of Security Council Resolution 2286 (2018)
Open letter in the context of the UN High-level meeting on tuberculosis (2018)
Joint Statement by UN human rights experts on the occasion of the High-Level Meeting on ending AIDS by 2030 (3 June 2016)
Joint open letter of the Rapporteur and other experts with occasion of UNGA Special session on world drug problem (April 2016)
Open letter of the Special Rapporteur in the context of preparations for UNGASS on the Drug Problem (2015)
Joint letter to the President of the Human Rights Council regarding the protection of the family (2015)
Open letter on the inadequate recognition of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the Post-2015 Development Agenda (2014)

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Annual thematic reports

Comments on legislation and policy

Feature stories

Recent thematic reports

Strategic priorities of work (HRC 2021)

COVID-19 commentary (GA 2020)

Rights-based global agenda for mental health (HRC 2020)

Workforce education (GA 2019)

Determinants of mental health (HRC 2019)

Issues in focus

Right to mental health

Sexual and reproductive health rights

Access to medicines

Drug policy and drug use

Environment and climate change

Groups in vulnerable situations

Contact information

Ms. Tlaleng Mofokeng, Special Rapporteur on the right to health
OHCHR-UNOG
8-14 Avenue de la Paix
1211 Geneve 10, Switzerland

Tel: +41(0) 22.917.90.06
E-mail:
srhealth@ohchr.org

External links

World Health Organization (WHO)

Women’s Health (WHO)

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Health, Nutrition, Population (World Bank)