[EQ] The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health

The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health:

Looking Back and Moving Forward International Symposium

 

International Symposium

25-27 September 2008 at the British Medical Association BMA House, London

 

Available online as PDF file [35p.] at:
http://www.humanrightsimpact.org/fileadmin/hria_resources/HeRWAI_Centre/Report_SRRH_Symposium_25-27_September_2008.pdf

 

“….This report presents a summary of the presentations and group discussions, as well as the suggestions offered. It should be made clear in advance that these suggestions may not represent the opinions of all the participants. They should be regarded as a combined wish-list of a group of experts from different countries, backgrounds and professions rather than a rigorously debated set of recommendations….”

 

Contents

 

Introduction

Plenary 1- The Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health, the Special Rapporteur and Health Workers

Plenary 2 - Health Systems and the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health

Working Groups

1: Accountability

2: New Tools and Techniques with a focus on Indicators and Impact Assessment

3: Determinants of Health

4: International Assistance and Cooperation

Plenary 3 - Mainstreaming a Human Rights-Based Approach to Health

Working Groups

5: Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights, including Maternal Mortality

6: Neglected populations with a focus on Neglected Diseases

7: Skills Drain

8: Human Rights and Health Education

Plenary 4 The Special Rapporteur’s Missions and Reports

Working Groups

9: Further Discussion and Evaluation of Missions

10: Participation

11: HIV/AIDS

12: Mental Disabilities

Plenary 5 - The Way Forward

 

 

 

 

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