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Reproductive Rights are Human Rights : a Handbook for National Human Rights Institutions.

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TextPublication details: New York : United Nations Population Fund ; Copenhagen : Danish Institute for Human Rights ; Geneva : United Nations Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner, ©2014Description: 1 online resource (226 pages) : color photographsOther title:

Handbook for National Human Rights Institutions

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HQ766 .R48 2014

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List of Boxes -- List of Abbreviations -- The Role of the United Nations Population Fund -- The Role of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights -- The Role of the Danish Institute for Human Rights -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction: Purpose -- Key Definitions -- Content -- 1. Promoting the Reproductive Rights Agenda: Reproductive Rights are Human Rights -- Examples of Key Practical Elements of Reproductive Rights -- Understanding Sexual and Reproductive Health -- International Commitments--a Historical Overview -- 2. The National Human Rights Institution Mandate: Assessing Workplace Policies and Building the Reproductive Rights Competence of Staff -- Legislative and Administrative Provisions -- Monitoring and Reporting at the National Leve -- Reproductive Rights: A Tool for Monitoring States' Obligations -- Ratification of International Instruments -- International Reporting -- Other Forms of International Accountability and Cooperation -- Human Rights Education and Research -- Increase Public Awareness -- Complaints Handling -- 3. Promoting Reproductive Rights through a Human Rights-Based Approach to Development: Universality, Inalienability, Indivisibility and Interdependence of Human Rights -- Equality and Non-Discrimination -- Participation and Inclusion -- Accountability and Rule of Law -- The 3AQ--Availability, Accessibility, Acceptability and Quality -- Applying a HRBA to the Development of Policies and Programmes: Planning and Budgeting -- Implementation -- Monitoring -- 4. Reproductive Rights and Human Rights Standards and Principles: Non-Discrimination and Equal Treatment -- Right to Life -- Right to Physical Integrity -- Right to Marry and Found a Family -- Right to Privacy and Family Life -- Right to Information and Education -- Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health -- Right to Benefit from Scientific Progress -- Further Reading -- Annex 1. The International Human Rights Treaty Bodies and Reproductive Rights: Role of Treaty Bodies: General Comments or Recommendations 120 Human Rights Committee -- Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights -- Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women -- Committee on the Rights of the Child -- Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination -- Committee against Torture -- Committee on Migrant Workers -- Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities -- Individual Complaints: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights -- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights -- Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women -- Committee on the Rights of the Child -- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination -- Committee against Torture -- Committee on Migrant Workers -- Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities -- Concluding Observations and Recommendations--a Synthesis -- Special Procedures: Overview -- Special Rapporteur on the Right of Everyone to the highest Attainable Standard of Health -- Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences -- Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education -- Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples -- Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders -- Annex 2. Regional Human Rights Instruments and Reproductive Health: Africa: Conventions -- The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights -- Policy Documents -- The Americas: Conventions -- The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights -- The Inter-American Court of Human Rights 203 Reports -- Europe: Conventions -- The European Court of Human Rights -- g Policies -- Annex 3. NHRI Experiences with Reproductive Rights: Afghanistan -- Australia -- Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela -- El Salvador -- India -- Jordan -- Kenya -- Malaysia -- Mongolia -- Namibia -- Nepal -- New Zealand -- Palestine -- Philippines -- Portugal -- Qatar -- Republic of Korea -- Senegal -- South Africa -- Thailand -- Timor Leste -- Uganda -- Uzbekistan.

Summary: "[R]reproductive rights embrace certain human rights that are already recognized in national laws, international laws and international human rights documents and other consensus documents. These rights rest on the recognition of the basic rights of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children and to have the information and means to do so, and the right to attain the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health. It also includes the right to make decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion and violence, as expressed in human rights documents. The purpose of this Handbook is to provide NHRIs with tools and guidance on how to integrate reproductive rights into their work. Each NHRI is as unique as the country in which it has been established but that does not mean that many of the challenges, including within the field of reproductive rights, are not the same or similar for many NHRIs. This Handbook is intended to give an introduction to reproductive rights, both what they mean in practice and their normative background, and how NHRIs can work within this field. Naturally, many NHRIs already work within the reproductive rights field, and a number of experiences from NHRIs have been gathered and are mentioned in the Handbook"--Page 13.

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"HR/PUB/14/6"--Title page verso.

List of Boxes --
List of Abbreviations --
The Role of the United Nations Population Fund --
The Role of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights --
The Role of the Danish Institute for Human Rights --
Acknowledgements --
Preface --
Introduction: Purpose --
Key Definitions --
Content --
1. Promoting the Reproductive Rights Agenda: Reproductive Rights are Human Rights --
Examples of Key Practical Elements of Reproductive Rights --
Understanding Sexual and Reproductive Health --
International Commitments--a Historical Overview --
2. The National Human Rights Institution Mandate: Assessing Workplace Policies and Building the Reproductive Rights Competence of Staff --
Legislative and Administrative Provisions --
Monitoring and Reporting at the National Leve --
Reproductive Rights: A Tool for Monitoring States' Obligations --
Ratification of International Instruments --
International Reporting --
Other Forms of International Accountability and Cooperation --
Human Rights Education and Research --
Increase Public Awareness --
Complaints Handling --
3. Promoting Reproductive Rights through a Human Rights-Based Approach to Development: Universality, Inalienability, Indivisibility and Interdependence of Human Rights --
Equality and Non-Discrimination --
Participation and Inclusion --
Accountability and Rule of Law --
The 3AQ--Availability, Accessibility, Acceptability and Quality --
Applying a HRBA to the Development of Policies and Programmes: Planning and Budgeting --
Implementation --
Monitoring --
4. Reproductive Rights and Human Rights Standards and Principles: Non-Discrimination and Equal Treatment --
Right to Life --
Right to Physical Integrity --
Right to Marry and Found a Family --
Right to Privacy and Family Life --
Right to Information and Education --
Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health --
Right to Benefit from Scientific Progress --
Further Reading --
Annex 1. The International Human Rights Treaty Bodies and Reproductive Rights: Role of Treaty Bodies: General Comments or Recommendations 120 Human Rights Committee --
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights --
Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women --
Committee on the Rights of the Child --
Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination --
Committee against Torture --
Committee on Migrant Workers --
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities --
Individual Complaints: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights --
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights --
Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women --
Committee on the Rights of the Child --
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination --
Committee against Torture --
Committee on Migrant Workers --
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities --
Concluding Observations and Recommendations--a Synthesis --
Special Procedures: Overview --
Special Rapporteur on the Right of Everyone to the highest Attainable Standard of Health --
Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences --
Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education --
Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples --
Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders --
Annex 2. Regional Human Rights Instruments and Reproductive Health: Africa: Conventions --
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights --
Policy Documents --
The Americas: Conventions --
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights --
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights 203 Reports --
Europe: Conventions --
The European Court of Human Rights --
g Policies --
Annex 3. NHRI Experiences with Reproductive Rights: Afghanistan --
Australia --
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela --
El Salvador --
India --
Jordan --
Kenya --
Malaysia --
Mongolia --
Namibia --
Nepal --
New Zealand --
Palestine --
Philippines --
Portugal --
Qatar --
Republic of Korea --
Senegal --
South Africa --
Thailand --
Timor Leste --
Uganda --
Uzbekistan.

"[R]reproductive rights embrace certain human rights that are already recognized in national laws, international laws and international human rights documents and other consensus documents. These rights rest on the recognition of the basic rights of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children and to have the information and means to do so, and the right to attain the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health. It also includes the right to make decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion and violence, as expressed in human rights documents. The purpose of this Handbook is to provide NHRIs with tools and guidance on how to integrate reproductive rights into their work. Each NHRI is as unique as the country in which it has been established but that does not mean that many of the challenges, including within the field of reproductive rights, are not the same or similar for many NHRIs. This Handbook is intended to give an introduction to reproductive rights, both what they mean in practice and their normative background, and how NHRIs can work within this field. Naturally, many NHRIs already work within the reproductive rights field, and a number of experiences from NHRIs have been gathered and are mentioned in the Handbook"--Page 13.

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