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References
• CESCR: Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• HRC (ICCPR): Human Rights Committee
• CERD: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• CEDAW: Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women
• CAT: Committee Against Torture
• CRC: Committee on the Rights of the Child
Related references under Draft Article 8
ICCPR, General Comment no. 6, para. 5: [T]the right to life has been too often
narrowly interpreted. The expression "inherent right to life" cannot
properly be understood in a restrictive manner, and the protection of this right
requires that States adopt positive measures. In this connection, the Committee
considers that it would be desirable for States parties to take all possible
measures to reduce infant mortality and to increase life expectancy, especially
in adopting measures to eliminate malnutrition and epidemics.