UN Human Rights Council 12d ago

On 17 June 2026, Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng gave her final presentation to the United Nations Human Rights Council as Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. Her final report to the Council, Dr. Mofokeng focuses on the right to health as an enabler of human dignity throughout the life course. The Special Rapporteur explores the intrinsic relationship between dignity and the enjoyment of the right to health. She analyses how dignity operates, both as a foundational principle of the right to health and as a practical condition for its realization. #HRC62