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Accountability and the right to the highest attainable standard of health

POTTS, Helen
2008

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This is an introduction to accountability in the context of the right to the highest attainable standard of health - the process that provides individuals and communities with the opportunity to understand how governments and others fulfill their right to health obligations. The principle aim is to increase the understanding of government health policy makers and to encourage them to incorporate the right to health in the development and implementation of health plans

The rights to sexual and reproductive health

HUNT, Paul
BUENO DE MESQUITA, Judith
2008

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This briefing is closely based on a report made by the Human Rights Council's Special Rapporteur to the Commission on Human Rights in 2004 as part of his contribution to the tenth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development, held in Cairo in 1994. The report observes that sexual and reproductive health are among the most sensitive and controversial issues in international human rights law and are also integral elements to the right to health

Participation and the right to the hightest attainable standard of health

POTTS, Helen
2008

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Participation has wide application in the context of the right to the highest attainable standard of health. In this introduction to participation and the right to health, the principal focus is placed on participation in the development of health policy to illustrate how active and informed participation can take place. This report includes background on the work of the Participation and Practice of Rights Project and the residents of the Seven Towers

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