1. The right to health care is an integral part of the duty of the authority in ensuring full respect for the inherent dignity of human beings. This obligation is enshrined in the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners in principles (22) through (26) thereof; as it is firm that the principle of medical attention and the opportunity to receive medical care are among the rights guaranteed to every person, regardless of their legal status. Therefore, every detained or imprisoned person must have the opportunity to undergo an appropriate medical examination after being detained, while ensuring the provision of medical care and proper treatment, specialized and free treatment, whenever the need arises. 2. In the same context, Paragraph (3) of Article No (22) of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, which were adopted by the First United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders in 1955, indicated that every prisoner has the right to seek the services of a qualified dental officer. 3. Viewed regardless of the legal status of a person, the right is guaranteed under Paragraph (1) of Article No (12) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which states that, “The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.” In addition, Paragraph (2-d) of Article No (12) clarified the measures to be taken by States parties to the present Covenant to ensure the full exercise of this right include those necessary to “The creation of conditions which would assure to all medical service and medical attention in the event of sickness.” Paragraph (a) of Article No (8) of the Constitution affirms this right and considers that “Every citizen is entitled to health care....”. Ninth Annual Report of the NIHR 96