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and accountability in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda firmly harnesses
the normative value of human rights, placing them at the heart of the Goals.
102. The 2030 Agenda provides momentum to pave the way, both in developing
and developed countries, for sustainable investments in modern public health
policies and break the vicious cycle of poverty, inequities, social exclusion,
discrimination and violence. States and other actors implementing the
Sustainable Development Goals must not be tempted to target the “low-hanging
fruit” at the expense of the most marginalized and vulnerable.
103. As a matter of priority, the Special Rapporteur recommends that:
(a) Member States ensure full compliance with universal human rights
law and principles and refrain from selective approaches to upholding the right
to health and related human rights when developing strategies towards the
implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals;
(b) Member States ensure attainment of the Sustainable Development
Goals through the review of existing national and local legal and policy
frameworks to assess their compatibility with the right to health and ensure
that national laws, policies and programmes include targeted actions to support
enabling legal and policy environments, with attention to the rule of law, healt h
governance, law enforcement and access to justice;
(c) Member States act in conformity with their obligations to respect,
protect and fulfil the right to health in all their efforts to achieve the
Sustainable Development Goals, and not only Goal 3;
Leaving no one behind
(d) Member States explicitly prohibit discrimination on any grounds
that has the intention or effect of nullifying or impairing the equal enjoyment
or exercise of the right to health and, in this connection, review existing laws,
policies and practices, with the aim of removing those that are discriminatory
in nature and practice and obstruct implementation of the key principles of the
Sustainable Development Goals;
(e) Member States identify disparities and prioritize the most vulnerable
through collection and disaggregation of health-related data, using both
qualitative and quantitative methods, to monitor progress and support review
and accountability in the implementation of the Sustainable Development
Goals;
(f) Member States ensure, through concrete legal and policy measures,
that rights holders, in particular those in the most vulnerable situations, are
empowered to participate in the design, implementation and monitoring of
laws, policies and practices relevant to implementing the Sustainable
Development Goals and realizing the right to health;
(g) Member States remove all measures that restrict the space for civil
society, and ensure safe and enabling environments for civil society actors so as
to guarantee a meaningful and respectful partnership with the State;
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