A/HRC/38/37 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 20 April 2018 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-eighth session 18 June–6 July 2018 Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Contributions of the right to health framework to the effective implementation and achievement of the healthrelated Sustainable Development Goals Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary In the present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 35/23, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights discusses the contributions of the right to health framework to the effective implementation and achievement of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals. He recalls the human rights underpinnings of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the close linkages between the right to health and the health-related Goals. In the report, he highlights the fact that the international standards on the right to health provide normative guidance in addressing several challenges relating to the implementation of the health-related Goals, such as aligning law and policy with human rights, operationalizing the pledge to leave no one behind, accountability and participation. The report also contains several examples of emerging good practices in applying the right to health framework. GE.18-06358(E) 