The Right to Health Art Exhibition, 2025 #UNGA80
During the 80th UNGA, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health (SR health), Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, will present her thematic report on “Health and care workers: The oath takers & as defenders of the right to health A/80/184.”
The side-event will:
1. Advance the right to health as enshrined in international law and essential for the realization of peace, security, and sustainable development, while recognizing that the effective and full implementation of the right to health framework is crucial to a life of dignity.
2. Showcase and engage the audience in reflection of Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng’s tenure as UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, 2020-2026, using the power of art and story-telling, in collaboration with artists and curators, the 3-day exhibition will feature works that highlight the journey, achievements and opportunities brought by Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng’s tenure as a UN Special Rapporteur and in the words of Dr. T “restoring the dignity of people through the right to health”
The right to health exhibition will be in celebration of her last in-person address to the UN General Assembly. #UNGA80
Events
Day 1
High Level Opening Event
Date: 23rd October 2025 (Thurs)
Time: 8:30AM to 10:00AM EST
Location: Republic of South Africa Mission to the UN, 845 Third Avenue, 9th Floor, New York
Realizing the Right to Health in Conflict and Humanitarian Settings
Date: 23rd October 2025 (Thurs)
Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Location: Republic of South Africa Mission to the UN, 845 Third Avenue, 9th Floor, New York
Day 2: Feminist Joy Making as a Revolutionary Act
Date: 24th October 2025 (Friday)
Time: 1:00P.M-4:00P.M EST
Location: Republic of South Africa Mission to the UN, 845 Third Avenue, 9th Floor, New York
Day 3: Friends of the Right to Health
Date: 27th October 2025 (Monday)
Time: 11:45AM- 1:45PM EST
Location: Republic of South Africa Mission to the UN, 845 Third Avenue, 9th Floor, New York
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health: Leveraging Domestic Legislative and Judicial Processes to Advance International Human Rights
Hosted by the Fordham University Center on Race Law and Justice and the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice
Date: 27 October 2025 (Monday)
Time: 5:00PM – 7:00PM EST
Location: Fordham Law School, Costantino Room, 2nd Floor, 150 West 62nd Street, New York and on Zoom