A/HRC/RES/42/16 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 7 October 2019 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-second session 9–27 September 2019 Agenda item 3 Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 26 September 2019 42/16. The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health The Human Rights Council, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and recalling the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Reaffirming also the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, and emphasizing that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interrelated, interdependent and mutually reinforcing, Recalling that mental health is an integral part of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, Reaffirming General Assembly resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, and welcoming the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly, inter alia, Goal 3 on ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages, and its specific and interlinked targets, and other health-related Goals and targets, Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 6/29 of 14 December 2007, 15/22 of 27 September 2010, 24/6 of 8 October 2013 and 33/9 of 29 September 2016, and all previous resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights and the Council on the realization of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Recognizing the need for States, in cooperation with international organizations and civil society, including non-governmental organizations and the private sector, to create favourable conditions at the national, regional and international levels to ensure the full and effective enjoyment of the right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, and to address the underlying and social determinants of health, Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 5/1, on institution-building of the Council, and 5/2, on the Code of Conduct for special procedure mandate holders of the GE.19-17154(E) 