The right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is one of the fundamental human rights. However, in recent years, the situation in Belarus has significantly deteriorated. According to the National Human Rights Index, the score for the right to health declined from 5.7 out of 10 in 2019 to 4.2 out of 10 in 2024.
Experts of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee in collaboration with the Belarusian Medical Solidarity Foundation sent to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights information requested by the High Commissioner from civic society organizations from all over the world.
Experts of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, in the response to the announced call for civil society organizations around the world, addressed information to the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health for the preparation of the thematic report «Violence and its impact on the right to health» for the 50th session of the Human Rights Council in June 2022.
