RES/33/9 The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

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Human Rights Council Thirty-third session

Agenda item 3

Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 29 September 2016

33/9. The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest

attainable standard of physical and mental health

The Human Rights Council,

Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,

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,

Reaffirming also General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 27 September 2015, entitled

“Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, and welcoming

the Sustainable Development Goals, including, inter alia, Goal 3 on ensuring healthy lives

and promoting well-being for all at all ages, and its specific and interlinked targets, and

other health-related Goals and targets,

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

27 September 2010 and 24/6 of 8 October 2013, 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 resolutions 5/1, on institution-building of the

Council, and 5/2, on the Code of Conduct for special procedure 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,

1. Welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the

enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health;

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2. Takes note of the reports of the Special Rapporteur submitted to the Human

Rights Council at its thirty-second session;1

3. Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, as established by

the Human Rights Council in paragraph 1 of its resolution 6/29, for a further period of three

years;

4. Encourages the Special Rapporteur, in fulfilling the mandate, to submit

proposals that could support the implementation of the health-related Sustainable

Development Goals and targets;

5. 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;

6. Encourages all Governments to give serious consideration to responding

favourably to the requests by the Special Rapporteur to visit their countries to enable the

mandate holder to fulfil the mandate effectively;

7. Requests the Secretary-General and 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;

8. 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;

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

item, in accordance with its programme of work.

39th meeting

29 September 2016

[Adopted without a vote.]

1 A/HRC/32/32 and 33.