Defining the right to physical and mental health The right to health is an inclusive right, extending not only to timely and appropriate health care, but also to the underlying determinants of health...

Overview In Article 4(f), the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change commits to adaptation and mitigation considerations and actions "with a view to minimizing adverse effects [of climate change]...

The Human Rights Council, in its resolution 36/13, recognised that persons with mental health conditions face widespread discrimination, stigma, prejudice, violence, abuse, social exclusion and...

The right to health is an inclusive right , covering a wide range of elements that help us to lead healthy lives—things like safe drinking water, adequate sanitation, safe food, healthy working...

Launched by the Secretary General in September 2015, the Global Strategy is a platform for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals focused on the health of women, children and adolescents. Its...