The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
Prepared pursuant to Council resolution 24/6, the report focuses on the right of adolescents to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health and on the imperative to implement measures necessary to guarantee optimum health and development in accordance with the unique nature of adolescence.
In the report, the Special Rapporteur elaborates on mental health, the rights to sexual and reproductive health, and substance use and drug control, in view of the particular challenges they pose in balancing adolescents’ emerging autonomy with their right to protection.
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