CD50/12 - Health and Human Rights, Concept Paper

In 1946, the Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) agreed on a fundamental international principle whereby “The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition.” In 1968, for its part, the 59th Session of the Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) began to discuss the relationship between health and international human rights instruments in the context of the technical cooperation that PAHO provides to its Member States...