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ensure the equitable distribution of underlying determinants and for the
realization of the right to health of all people, especially vulnerable groups;
(b) To make sufficient resources available to implement reconstruction
policies. Donor-funded initiatives should supplement and support national
health policies where required and should be implemented with the
participation of affected populations;
(c) To ensure the availability and accessibility of essential and primary
health facilities, goods and services, including mental health services, to people
affected by and involved in conflict, especially vulnerable groups;
(d) To establish access to justice mechanisms to address the violations of
rights and provide remedies for such violations, including restitution,
compensation, guarantees of non-repetition and satisfaction;
(e) To provide peacebuilding mechanisms for meaningful and
sustainable resolution of conflicts through restorative justice processes such as
fair and transparent truth and reconciliation commissions.
72. The Special Rapporteur urges States to fulfil their international
obligations and, in particular:
(a)
To ensure transparency in the implementation of aid programmes;
(b) To guarantee that economic sanctions imposed on States during
conflict do not hinder the realization of the right to health of people affected by
conflict;
(c) To respect, protect and fulfil the right to health of persons fleeing
from conflict situations.
73. The Special Rapporteur urges international and non-governmental
organizations undertaking humanitarian activities in conflict:
(a) To adopt health initiatives in line with the right to health framework,
which includes ensuring the participation of affected communities. These
initiatives should promote traditional medicines and practices which are in line
with the right to health;
(b) To establish effective accountability mechanisms for violations of the
right to health by their personnel, such as members of peacekeeping forces and
humanitarian workers.
74.
The Special Rapporteur urges non-State armed groups:
(a) To respect norms of international human rights and humanitarian
law, including those related to the right to health;
(b) To comply with agreements that may have been entered into to
protect the right to health of affected populations.
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