36. States must take legal, policy and other measures to address the underlying and social determinants of adolescents health, including: road and environmental safety; racial prejudice; access to education; persistence of forced and early marriage; corporal punishment; social, economic, political, cultural and legal barriers to health services, including sexual and reproductive health services; inadequate social protection; institutionalization; punitive drug laws; absence of comprehensive sexuality education; criminalization of exposure, non-disclosure of HIV status and transmission of HIV; criminalization of same-sex relationships; and lax legal frameworks governing the sale of tobacco, alcohol and fast foods.
| Year | 2016 |
| Topic | Food policy Tobacco control Other Health-related issues |
| Document Type | Special Reports |
| Country | N/A |
| Policy Area | Food marketing regulations Tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship (TAPS) Environment and health |
| Human Rights | Right to health Right to education Reproductive rights |
| Groups Affected | Children and adolescents |
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/HRC/32/32, (2016). Par. 36. Available at: https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G16/067/53/PDF/G1606753.pdf?OpenElement
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