Foreword by Paul Hunt -- Objectives of the Resourse Manual -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction - Understanding a health and human rights approach -- 0.1. Who will find this Resource Manual useful? -- 0.2. Why would an NGO choose to use a human rights framework to promote health? -- 0.3. How should the Resource Manual be used? -- 0.4. Organization of the Resource Manual -- Part I. Gaining knowledge: understanding the legal framework -- Chapter 1. What are human rights? The legal framework -- 1.1. Concept of human rights -- 1.2. International human rights laws and norms -- 1.3. What is the relationship between international human rights law and international humanitarian law? -- 1.4. Human rights and state obligations -- 1.5. Human rights monitoring and enforcement mechanisms of the UN system -- 1.6. Human rights monitoring and enforcement mechanisms of regional systems -- 1.7. Human rights in domestic law -- Notes -- Chapter 2. What is meant by the right to health? -- 2.1. Health as a human right -- 2.2. What does a shift to a human rights approach to health involve? -- 2.3. How do universal obligations apply to all states, despite their social and economic differences? -- 2.4. Are there obligations that are of immediate effect to all states? -- 2.5. Where has the right to health been affirmed and codified? -- Notes -- Introduction to part 2 -- Part II. Moving towards action: focusing on obligations arising from the right to health -- Chapter 3. The nature of state obligations -- 3.1. Basic components of government obligations -- 3.2. Obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the right to health -- 3.3. Availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality: the four essential standards for evaluating the implementation of state obligations.

3.4. What constitutes violations? A quick guide to violations of the rigt to health -- 3.5. Catalogue of examples of state obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the right to health -- Notes -- Chapter 4. Focus on core obligations -- Notes -- Chapter 5. Focus on non-discrimination and vulnerable and otherwise disadvantaged groups -- 5.1. Ensuring non-discrimination -- 5.2. How does discrimination against vulnerable groups occur? -- 5.3 Obligations and special measures for ensuring that women are able to enjoy the right to health -- 5.4. Special measures to ensure non-discrimination for other vulnerable groups -- Notes -- Chapter 6. Globalization, obligations of non-state actors and international obligations arising from the right to health -- 6.1. Some notes on globalization and the right to health -- 6.2. Obligations of non-state actors -- 6.3. International obligations arising from the right to health -- 6.4. NGO advocacy related to non-state actors and international obligations -- Notes -- Introduction to part 3 -- Part III. Taking action: working with the right to health -- Chapter 7. Monitoring the right to health -- 7.1. A basic introduction -- 7.2. Developing a strategy -- 7.3. Key questions for monitoring the right to health -- Notes -- Chapter 8. Tools for monitoring i: working with indicators, benchmarks and statistical data -- 8.1 Measurements of policy and progress -- 8.2. Working with indicators, benchmarks and statistical data -- 8.3. Important considerations to inform the selection and development of indicators for monitoring the right to health -- 8.4. Undertaking budget analysis -- Notes -- Chapter 9. Tools for monitoring ii: identifying violations -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Different types of violations.

9.3. Examples of the most common ways that governments violate their immediate obligations to respect, to protect and to fulfil the right to health -- Notes -- Chapter 10. Promoting the right to health: activities to promote and protect the right to health at community, national and international levels -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. The importance of promoting cooperation among NGOs and government in the development and implementation of human rights based health policies and programmes -- 10.3. Engaging in research and documentation -- 10.4. Increasing public awareness of the right to health and engaging in community education and mobilization -- 10.5. Promoting capacity-building among health professionals and conformity with the right to health in service delivery -- 10.6. Building coalitions and forming networks -- 10.7. Promoting sexual and reproductive health rights -- 10.8. Advocacy efforts related to international obligations arising from the right to health -- 10.9. Working with national and regional enforcement procedures to ensure state accountability -- Notes -- Chapter 11. Reporting: participation by NGOs in UN procedures for monitoring compliance by their governments -- 11.1. Getting involved: NGOs should know the real picture -- 11.2. Overview of the reporting process -- 11.3. Realities of the reporting process -- 11.4. Why should NGOs participate in the reporting process? -- 11.5. Flowchart of the reporting cycle and suggestions for NGO participation -- 11.6 Contributing to the mandate of the special rapporteur on the right to health -- Notes -- Chapter 12. Medical and other health professionals: working with the right to health -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. What is a health professional? -- 12.3. What are the main ethical principles and how do they contribute towards promoting and protecting the right to health?.

12.4. Enforcement of the principles of medical ethics -- 12.5. Obstacles to a co-operative approach by health professionals to the right to health -- 12.6. How can health professionals and their national professional associations promote, protect and monitor the right to health? -- Notes -- Annex 1. Examples of international, regional, and national instruments relevant to the right to health -- Annex 2. Examples of global goals, targets and indicators relevant to health -- Annex 3. Sources and resources.