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International and Regional Conventions and Treaties (legally binding documents)
UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UN, 1948
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General Comment No. 14: The right to the highest attainable standard of health
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Substantive issues arising in the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Twenty-second session 25 April-12 May 2000, WHO Geneva.
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
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General comment No. 15 on the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (art. 24). (2013)
Organization of American States (OAS)
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Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons (2015).
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961)
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Convention on Psychotropic Substances (1971)
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