Women’s and Children’s Health: Evidence of Impact of Human Rights

Human rights are recognized in a number of legal instruments and other documents of the World Health Organization, including the WHO Constitution, the Declaration of Alma-Ata, the International Health Regulations and the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Member States of the United Nations have negotiated and agreed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

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