Report

Report of the High Commissioner on COVID-19 vaccines

Issued by

OHCHR

Published

01 February 2022

presented to

To the Human Rights Council at its 49th session

Report

Issued by Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Subjects

Access to healthcare, Health and disability, COVID-19

Symbol Number

A/HRC/49/35

Summary

The present report, prepared pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 46/14, contains an examination of the human rights implications of the lack of affordable, timely, equitable and universal access and distribution of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines and the deepening inequalities between States, highlighting that vaccine delays not only have grave health consequences, but also have other profound human rights implications.

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Background

Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights implications of the lack of affordable, timely, equitable and universal access and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and the deepening inequalities between States, including the related vulnerabilities and challenges and the impact on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health as per Human Rights Council resolution 46/14. The resolution requests the High Commissioner to provide an oral to the Council at its forty-eighth session and to submit the report at the Human Rights Council’s forty-ninth session.

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OHCHR invited contributions from stakeholders including Member States, United Nations agencies, national human rights institutions and civil society organizations and received the following contributions:

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