The Right of Everyone to the Enjoyment of the Highest Attainable Standard of Physical and Mental Health

A/HRC/RES/24/6View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2013.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 2004–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/60/10

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/HRC/RES/60/10	The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health	808	91%Compare
2022	A/HRC/RES/51/21	The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health	758	86%Compare
2019	A/HRC/RES/42/16	The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health	667	84%Compare
2016	A/HRC/RES/33/9	The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health	571	75%Compare
2013	A/HRC/RES/24/6	The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health	469	21%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 subjects

Right to Health Special Rapporteurs

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the work of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health;

Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, as established by the Human Rights Council in paragraph 1 of its resolution 6/29, for a further period of three years;

Requests all Governments to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur in the performance of the tasks and duties mandated and to give due consideration to the recommendations made by the mandate holder;

Encourages all Governments to give serious consideration to responding favourably to the requests made by the Special Rapporteur to visit their countries to enable the mandate holder to fulfil the mandate effectively;

Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to provide all the resources necessary for the effective fulfilment of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur;

Requests the Special Rapporteur to submit an annual report to the Human Rights Council and to the General Assembly covering all activities relating to the mandate with a view to maximizing the benefits of the reporting process;

Decides to continue its consideration of this matter under the same agenda item, in accordance with its programme of work.

  The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its twenty-fourth session (A/HRC/24/2), Part One.

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