The 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council will take place from 27 February to 4 April 2023.
Below you can find information about:
Anticipated sexual rights-related resolutions, panels and reports
UPR outcomes
SRI’s online events taking place during the 52nd session
La 52ª sesión del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU se celebrará del 27 de febrero al 4 de abril de 2023.
La 52e session du Conseil des droits de l’homme (CDH) de l’ONU se déroulera du 27 février au 4 avril 2023.
Below is our list of sexual rights-related highlights from each UPR 42 review. This list presents recommendations made related to sexual rights, including State responses to date.
In response to the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem’s harmful position against legal gender recognition through self-identification, the Sexual Rights Initiative has decided to stop engaging with this mandate-holder, and encourages other feminist organizations and activists to do the same.
En respuesta a la posición nociva de la Relatora Especial de la ONU sobre la violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas, Reem Alsalem, contra el reconocimiento legal del género a través de la autoidentificación, la Iniciativa por los Derechos Sexuales (SRI) ha decidido dejar de relacionarse con esta titular de mandato y alienta a otras organizaciones feministas y activistas a hacer lo mismo.
En réponse à la position préjudiciable de la Rapporteuse spéciale de l’ONU sur la violence faite aux femmes, Reem Alsalem, qui s’oppose à la reconnaissance légale du genre par auto-identification, l’Initiative pour les Droits Sexuels (Sexual Rights Initiative, SRI) a décidé de ne plus collaborer avec cette titulaire de mandat et encourage toutes autres organisations et activistes féministes à faire de même.
Around the world, health systems and health financing have been eroded, undermined and weakened by decades of neoliberalism, austerity, privatisation and structural adjustment programs and an emphasis on minimising State intervention and relying on a discourse of “personal responsibility.
The rising inequalities, made even starker due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, are a symptom of the failed economic system that prioritises profit over people and impoverishes people. It is very important to look at the impact of the erosion of public systems through privatisation and financialisation and resulting human rights violations and abuses. In particular, to delve deeper into why public health systems were woefully inadequate to deal with the Pandemic.
As we embark on another year of activism for sexual rights, we wanted to share with you our highlights of 2022. While the UN human rights system continues to be confronted by multiple challenges –from funding shortages, geopolitical tensions and polarisation and attempts to undermine multilateralism to the presence and influence of regressive and conservative actors, we have made steadfast progress in advancing sexual rights in this system. Read below for our highlights of 2022.