effect to their mental health and cause effects such as anxiety, panic attacks, depression and suicide ideation. Women who give birth to children with albinism also suffer mental health illness due to abandonment by their husbands, and the amici submit that this constitutes a harmful practice and a form of stigmatization. *** 336. Article 16 of the Charter stipulates that: 1. Every individual shall have the right to enjoy the best attainable state of physical and mental health. 2. State Parties to the present Charter shall take the necessary measures to protect the health of their people and to ensure that they receive medical attention when they are sick. 337. Article 24 of the CRC provides that: States Parties recognize the right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health and to facilities for the treatment of illness and rehabilitation of health. States Parties shall strive to ensure that no child is deprived of his or her right of access to such health care services. 338. As regards the scope of the right to enjoy the highest attainable standard of health, the Court finds it relevant to refer to the General Comment No. 14 (2000) on the right to the highest attainable standard of health which stipulates that, “the right to health must be understood as a right to the enjoyment of a variety of facilities, goods, services and conditions necessary for the realization of the highest attainable standard of health.”92 339. The components of the right to health include: availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality. Availability relates to the functioning public health and health care facilities and these will include “safe and potable drinking 92 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, General Comment No. 14 on the right to the highest attainable standard of health (Article 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 11 August 2000, § 12. 76

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