{"id":3026,"date":"2023-06-22T18:33:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T16:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/news\/dalla_rappresentanza\/2023\/06\/intervento-dellitalia-durante-il-dialogo-interattivo-con-la-relatrice-speciale-sul-diritto-alla-salute-fisica-e-mentale-nellambito-della-53ma-sessione-del-consiglio-diritti-umani\/"},"modified":"2023-06-23T10:49:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T08:49:16","slug":"intervento-dellitalia-durante-il-dialogo-interattivo-con-la-relatrice-speciale-sul-diritto-alla-salute-fisica-e-mentale-nellambito-della-53ma-sessione-del-consiglio-diritti-umani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dalla_rappresentanza\/2023\/06\/intervento-dellitalia-durante-il-dialogo-interattivo-con-la-relatrice-speciale-sul-diritto-alla-salute-fisica-e-mentale-nellambito-della-53ma-sessione-del-consiglio-diritti-umani\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement of Italy during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to physical and mental health, at the 53rd session of the Human Rights Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"s3\"><span class=\"s4\">The Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Ambassador Vincenzo Grassi<\/span><span class=\"s4\">, took the floor today during the <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Interactive <\/span><span class=\"s4\">D<\/span><span class=\"s4\">ialogue<\/span> <span class=\"s4\">with <\/span><span class=\"s4\">the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Tlaleng<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> Mofokeng<\/span><span class=\"s4\">, <\/span><span class=\"s4\">i<\/span><span class=\"s4\">n the framework of the <\/span><span class=\"s4\">53rd<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> session of the Human Rights Council.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\"><span class=\"s4\">Ambassador Grassi highlighted that t<\/span><span class=\"s4\">he COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the rise of digital health, <\/span><span class=\"s4\">including<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> the contribution of digital innovation and technologies to the realization of the right to physical and mental health. In this regard, <\/span><span class=\"s4\">he reaffirmed <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Italy<\/span><span class=\"s4\">\u2019s <\/span><span class=\"s4\">commit<\/span><span class=\"s4\">ment<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> to promote digital technologies in health systems in order to improve global health and achieve universal health coverage through a human rights-based approach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\"><span class=\"s4\">It was also recalled that d<\/span><span class=\"s4\">igital transition is also one of the pillars of <\/span><span class=\"s4\">the Italian<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> National Recovery and Resilience Plan, and will involve <\/span><span class=\"s4\">the Italian<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> healthcare system with a view to provide equal access to health services for all. Italy is in fact engaged in promoting new telemedicine projects for remote assistance and in enhancing the implementation of the electronic health records, while fostering the protection of personal data and the right to privacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\"><span class=\"s4\">Ambassador Grassi further recognized that d<\/span><span class=\"s4\">igital innovation and technologies are an asset to realize the right to health, <\/span><span class=\"s4\">while highlighting <\/span><span class=\"s4\">the need to ensure accessibility and to address the digital divide, <\/span><span class=\"s4\">especially for women and girls who can benefit from technology and digital tools to adopt informed decisions regarding their sexual and reproductive health and rights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\"><span class=\"s4\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"s5\">The respect of the principles of equality, non-discrimination, participation and transparency is crucial to fulfil the right to health in relation to digital innovation and technologies<\/span><span class=\"s4\">\u201d<\/span><span class=\"s4\">,<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> concluded Ambassador Grassi, pointing out the connection of this issue with the realization of the <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Sustainable Development Goals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\"><span class=\"s5\">Read the full statement <a href=\"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/HRC53-Item-3-ID-SR-Health-Statement-ITA.docx\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Vincenzo Grassi, took the floor today during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Tlaleng Mofokeng, in the framework of the [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italiarappginevra.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}