Positioning the right to health at the center of the international response to the epidemic of non-communicable diseases
(NCDs), including mental health conditions, and highlighting the role of a human-rights based approach to the NCD
response.
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), International Development Law Organization (IDLO), Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the UN Interagency Task Force on Noncommunicable Diseases (Task Force), UN Nutrition and World Health Organization (WHO).
The side-event aims to:
1. Promote greater understanding of NCDs as a human rights concern
2. Highlight key elements of a human rights-based approach to the NCD response
3. Promote greater awareness of the role that the Human Rights Council can play in the prevention and treatment of NCDs, taking into account ongoing work in other health-related areas.
