A/HRC/RES/32/16 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 19 July 2016 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-second session Agenda item 3 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 1 July 2016 32/16. Promoting the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health through enhancing capacity-building in public health The Human Rights Council, Recalling General Assembly resolutions 58/3 of 27 October 2003, 59/27 of 23 November 2004 and 60/35 of 30 November 2005, Recalling also the ministerial declaration adopted at the 2009 high-level segment of the Economic and Social Council on “Implementing the internationally agreed goals and commitments in regard to global public health”, Recalling further Human Rights Council resolutions 16/28 of 25 March 2011 and 30/8 of 1 October 2015, President’s statements PRST/27/4 of 26 September 2014 and PRST/30/2 of 2 October 2015, and other relevant internationally agreed documents in the context of public health, Recalling relevant resolutions of the World Health Organization, including WHA69.20 of 28 May 2016, on children’s medication, WHA67.22 of 24 May 2014, on essential medicine, and WHA67.19, also of 24 May 2014, on palliative care, Reaffirming that the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is a human right as reflected in, inter alia, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and, with respect to non-discrimination, in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and that such a right derives from the inherent dignity of the human person, Reaffirming also the right of every human being, without distinction of any kind, to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health and to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of oneself and one’s family, including adequate food, hygiene and sanitation, clothing and housing, and to the continuous improvement of living conditions, GE.16-12340(E) 