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There are many important milestones globally related to policy/legislation, health systems & clinical care and in my capacity as UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to health I’m mandated with monitoring the situation of the right to health throughout the world.
I speak often about the need for States to operationalise the right to health and fully ratify the right to health in order to address many issues related to the full realisation of this right; national processes are key in protection, fulfilling & respecting the right to health
This 🧵 is on the importance of the draft new constitution that Chile will vote on on Sunday, specifically regarding the right to health. The draft embraces international human rights and overcomes the shortcomings of the current constitution:
Begin thread 🧵: Update on repression in #Bahrain on the 11th anniversary of the Pearl Uprising, courtesy of @hrw: hrw.org/news/2022/01/1…
Sheikh Ali Salman was unjustly imprisoned in December 2014 after leading a protest rally in #Bahrain. He is a @DefendingFreedoms prisoner of conscience who should be freed immediately and without conditions. @USEmbassyManama humanrightscommission.house.gov/defending-free…
Naji Fateel, a blogger and #HumanRights activist, was unjustly detained in #Bahrain in May 2013 and tortured in custody. He is a @DefendingFreedoms prisoner of conscience who should be freed immediately and without conditions. humanrightscommission.house.gov/defending-free…
