19. The right to health encompasses the underlying determinants of health, including its social and psychosocial determinants. The Sustainable Development Goals address many of these underlying determinants, from specific right to health entitlements found in the targets of Goal 3, such as road safety, harmful alcohol and tobacco use and environmental pollution, as well as other Goals and targets, including on clean water and sanitation (Goal 6), education (Goal 4), food (Goal 2), decent work (Goal 8), reducing inequalities (Goal 10), gender equality (Goal 5), poverty reduction (Goal 1), climate change and access to energy (Goal 13), peace, justice and strong institutions (Goal 16) and violence (targets 5.2, 16.1 and 16.2).
| Year | 2016 |
| Topic | Food policy Tobacco control Other Health-related issues |
| Document Type | Special Reports |
| Country | N/A |
| Policy Area | Food and nutrition security Access to water Tobacco use Environment and health |
| Human Rights | Right to health Right to adequate food and nutrition Right to education Right to water |
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Interim Report on the Right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, A/71/304, (2016). Par. 19. Available at: https://undocs.org/Home/Mobile?FinalSymbol=A%2F71%2F304&Language=E&DeviceType=Desktop
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