Right to Health of Internally Displaced Persons - IDP SriLanka

In addition to the above, Article 12 of the Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) states that
state parties shall ensure to women, appropriate services in connection
with pregnancy, confinement and post natal period, granting free
services where necessary, as well as adequate nutrition during pregnancy
and lactation. Article 24 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
(CRC) enumerates that right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest
attainable standard of health and to facilitate for the treatment of illness
and rehabilitation of health and Article 5 of the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) discusses
the importance of the right to health. Regional human rights
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instruments also elaborate on the health concerns in addition to those
universal instruments.
The Alma-Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care of 1978(declared in
the International Conference on Primary Health Care) also identified
primary health care as the key to the attainment of the goal of Health for
All. Under this declaration, State parties should recognize the essential
role of international cooperation and comply with their commitment to
take joint and separate action to achieve the full realization of the right to
health. In addition, out of 8 “Millennium Development Goals”
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(MDGs) , 3 goals are focused on health. While Goal 4 is to reduce child
mortality, Goal 5 is to improve maternal health and Goal 6 is supposed to
combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases.
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Article XI of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man
(ADHR),Article 28 of the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers, Chapter 12 The survival rights (economic, social and cultural rights) and
Members of Their Families (CMW),Article 10 of the Protocol of San Salvador,Article 16
of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (African Charter),Article 14 of the
Protocol to theAfrican Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in
Africa,Article 14 of theAfrican Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child,Article 11
of the European Social Charter (ESC)
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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight goals to be achieved by 2015
that respond to the world's main development challenges. The MDGs are drawn from the
actions and targets contained in the Millennium Declaration that was adopted by 189
nations-and signed by 147 heads of state and governments during the UN Millennium
Summit in September 2000.
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