The Special Rapporteur's UN Reports

In his work, the Special Rapporteur undertakes country missions and other visits, transmits communications to States with regard to alleged violations of human right to health, and submits annual reports on his work to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly.

2010

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• Report on Mission to India regarding maternal mortality, A/HRC/14/20/Add.2, dated 15 April 2010.

• Supplementary Note on the UN Special Rapporteur's Report on Maternal Mortality in India

 

2009

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• Report on Mission to GlaxoSmithKline (A/HRC/11/12/Add.2, dated 5 May 2009). This report was presented to the UN Human Rights Council on 2 June 2009.

2008

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• Report on accountability and human rights guidelines for pharmaceutical companies in relation to access to medicines. This report (A/63/263) was submitted to the General Assembly on 11 August 2008.
• Report on health systems and the right to the highest attainable standard of health. This report (A/HRC/7/11) was submitted to the Human Rights Council on 31 January 2008.
• Report on Mission to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C. (20 October 2006) and Uganda (4-7 February 2007). This report (A/HRC/7/11/Add.2) was submitted to the Human Rights Council on 5 March 2008.
• Report on Communications with Governments and other actors. This report (A/HRC/7/11/Add.1) was submitted to the Human Rights Council on 4 March 2008.
• Preliminary note on missions to Ecuador and Columbia. This note (A/HRC/7/11/Add.3) was submitted to the Human Rights Council on 4 March 2008.
• Preliminary note on mission to India. This note (A/HRC/7/11/Add.4) was submitted to the Human Rights Council on 29 February 2008.

2007

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• Report on prioritization of health interventions and respect for human rights, impact assessments, and water, sanitation and the right to health. This report (A/62/214) was submitted to the General Assembly on 8 Aug 2007.
• Report on progress and obstacles to the health and human rights movement, in addition to cases on the right to health and other health-related rights. This report (A/HRC/4/28) was submitted to the Human Rights Council on 17 January 2007.
• Report on Mission to Sweden. This report (A/HRC/4/28/Add.2) was submitted to the Human Rights Council on 28 February 2007.
• Report on Communications with governments and other actors. This report (A/HRC/4/28/Add.1) was submitted to the Human Rights Council on 23 February 2007.
• Preliminary note on missions to Uganda and to the offices of the Executive Directors of the Nordic-Baltic countries at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. This note (A/HRC/4/28/Add.3) was submitted to the Human Rights Council on 21 March 2007.

2006

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• Report on maternal mortality and access to medicines. This report (A/61/338) was submitted to the General Assembly on 13 September 2006.
• Report on Lebanon/Israel conflict of August 2006. This report (A/HRC/2/7) was jointly submitted by four mandate holders jointly to the Human Rights Council, namely the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston; the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Paul Hunt; the Representative of Secretary-General on Human Rights of internally displaced persons, Walter Kalin; and the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Miloon Kothari.
• Report on health systems and human rights-based approach to health indicators. This report (E/CN.4/2006/48) was submitted to the Commission on Human Rights on 3 March 2006.
• Report on Mission to Uganda. This report (E/CN.4/2006/48/Add.2) was submitted to the Commission on Human Rights on 19 January 2006.
• Report on Communications with governments and other actors. This report (E/CN.4/2006/48/Add.1) was submitted to the Commission on Human Rights on 22 December 2005.
• Report on the situation of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. This report (E/CN.4/2006/120) was jointly submitted by five mandate holders jointly to the Commission on Human Rights, namely the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Leila Zerrougui; the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Leandro Despouy; the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Manfred Nowak; the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Asma Jahangir; and the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Paul Hunt.

2005

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• Report on health professional skills drain, Commission on Social Determinants of Health, human rights education for health professionals. This report (A/60/348) was submitted to the General Assembly on 12 September 2005.
• Report on mental disability and the right to health. This report (E/CN.4/2005/51) was submitted to the Commission on Human Rights on 10 February 2005.
• Report on Communications with the governments and other actors. This report (E/CN.4/2005/51/Add.1) was submitted to the Commission on Human Rights on 2 February 2005.
• Report on Mission to Mozambique. This report (E/CN.4/2005/51/Add.2) was submitted to the Commission on Human Rights on 4 January 2005.
• Report on Mission to Peru. This report (E/CN.4/2005/51/Add.3) was submitted to the Commission on Human Rights on 4 February 2005.
• Report on Mission to Romania. This report (E/CN.4/2005/51/Add.4) was submitted to the Commission on Human Rights on 21 February 2005.

2004

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• Report on health-related Millennium Development Goals; right to health for indigenous peoples; right to health, child survival and indicators. This report (A/59/422) was submitted to the General Assembly on 8 October 2004.
• Report on rights to sexual and reproductive health; poverty and the right to health – the Niger’s Poverty Reduction Strategy; neglected diseases; the right to health and violence prevention. This report (E/CN.4/2004/49) was submitted to the Commission on Human Rights on 16 February 2004.
• Report on Mission to the World Trade Organization. This report (E/CN.4/2004/49/Add.1) was submitted to the Commission on Human Rights on 1 March 2004.

2003

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• Report on right to health indicators; good practices for the right to health; HIV/AIDS and the right to health; neglected diseases, leprosy and the right to health; an optional protocol to ICESCR. This report (A/58/427) was submitted to the General Assembly on 10 October 2003.
• Report on the sources and content; broad objectives; main themes – poverty and discrimination and stigma; poverty reduction strategies; neglected diseases; impact assessments; the WTO and the right to health; the right to mental health; health professionals. This report (E/CN.4/2003/58) was submitted to the Commission on Human Rights on 13 February 2003.