International and Regional Conventions and Treaties (legally binding documents)

• UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UN, 1948
• General Comment No. 14: The right to the highest attainable standard of health: Substantive issues arising in the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Twenty-second session 25 April-12 May 2000, WHO Geneva.
• UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: General comment No. 15 on the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (art. 24). (2013)
• Organization of American States (OAS): Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons (2015)
• Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961)
• Convention on Psychotropic Substances (1971)