RES/24/6 The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

GE.13-17840

Human Rights Council Twenty-fourth session

Agenda item 3

Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,

political, economic, social and cultural rights,

including the right to development

Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council

24/6.

The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable

standard of physical and mental health

The Human Rights Council,

Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and recalling the

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on

the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the

Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,

Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 6/29 of 14 December 2007 and 15/22

of 30 September 2010, and all previous resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights

and the Council on the realization of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest

attainable standard of physical and mental health,

Recognizing the need for States, in cooperation with international organizations and

civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, to create

favourable conditions at the national, regional and international levels to ensure the full and

effective enjoyment of the right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical

and mental health,

Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 on institution-building of the

Council, and 5/2, on the Code of Conduct for the special procedures mandate holders of the

Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder shall discharge his or her

duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,

 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.

1. 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;

2. 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;

3. 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;

4. 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;

5. 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;

6. 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;

7. Decides to continue its consideration of this matter under the same agenda

item, in accordance with its programme of work.

34th meeting

26 September 2013

[Adopted without a vote.]