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Special Rapporteur on the right to health
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.
- Third party intervention/amicus curiae brief – THOMAS E. DOBBS, STATE HEALTH OFFICER OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, et al. v. JACKSON WOMEN’S HEALTH ORGANIZATION, et al., Supreme Court of the United States (2021)
- Third party intervention/amicus curiae brief – case M.A. and Others v. France (2021)
- Third party intervention/amici curiae brief by the case of Mokgadi Caster Semenya v. Switzerland (2021)
- 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)