UPR Submissions - 1st session | Sexual Rights Initiative

Country: Poland

Collaborators: SRI, Federation for Women and Family Planning

Key Words: Abortion; Criminalization; Access to Contraception; Sexuality Education; Conscientious Objection

Country: India

Collaborators: SRI, Sampada Gramin Mahila Sanstha (SANGRAM), VAMP

Key Words: Sexual orientation, gender equality, discrimination, violence, sexuality education, public policy, Bolivian legislation, hate crimes

Country: India

Collaborators: SRI, Youth Coalition

Key Words: Sexuality Education; Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Rights; Rights of the Child; HIV

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India

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UN Mechanism

Universal Periodic Review

The 32nd session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from the 13th of June to the 1st of July 2016. Here is a recap of sexual rights related resolutions, panels and statements.

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Comprehensive sexuality education

Gender-based discrimination

Female genital mutilation

Sexual orientation and gender identity

Racial discrimination

Disability

Gender equality

Adolescents and youth

The 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council will take place from 18 June to 12 July 2024. Below you can find information about: Anticipated sexual rights-related resolutions, panels and reports UPR outcomes SRI’s side event taking place during the 56th session

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The 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from September 9 to September 27, 2019.

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The 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council will take place from 11 September to 13 October 2023. The COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions have meant that HRC 54 will be held in a hybrid format with online and in-person modalities for informal negotiations, voting and statements. Due to the ongoing renovations started in 2020 and since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, side events taking place in the Palais will be limited to one per organisation and one hour in duration. Below you can find information about: Anticipated sexual rights-related resolutions, panels and reports UPR outcomes SRI’s online events taking place during the 54th session

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The 31st session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from the 29th of February to the 24th of March 2016. Here is a recap of sexual rights related resolutions, panels, statements and events at the session.

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Women human rights defenders

Civil society participation

Rights of the child

HIV and AIDS

Sexual orientation and gender identity

Harmful practices

The 39th session of the UN Human Rights Council took place September 10-28, 2018.

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Abortion

Maternal mortality and morbidity

The 38th session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from June 18 to July 6, 2018. Below you will find information on some of the key sexual rights related resolutions, oral statements and annual discussions. All of which the Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI) was engaged with during the session.

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Gender-based discrimination

Sexual and reproductive health and rights

Abortion

Gender equality

Contraception

Comprehensive sexuality education

Female genital mutilation

HIV and AIDS

Racial discrimination

The 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council will take place from 13 June to 8 July.

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The 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from 11 September to 13 October. Below, you will find information on some of the key sexual rights-related: Resolutions Panel discussions Oral statements Side Events

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The 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from 18 June to 12 July 2024. The ongoing liquidity crisis experienced by the United Nations, which deeply affects the Council’s functioning, has once again put civil society organisations under an additional and significant burden - especially when it comes to accessing hybrid modalities and organising side events. Below, you will find information on some of the key sexual rights-related: Resolutions Panel discussions Oral statements UPR Outcomes Side Events

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The 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council will take place from 28 February to 1 April.

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The 36th session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from 11-29 September 2017. Below you will find information on some of the key sexual rights related: Resolutions, Oral Statements, Side Events and Panels.

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Sexual rights

Racial discrimination

Colonialism

Bodily autonomy

Gender-based violence

The 35th session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from the 6th to the 23rd of June 2017. The HRC35 Recap provides information on some of the key sexual rights related resolutions and oral statements. All of which the Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI) was engaged with during the session.

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Sustainable development goals

Gender-based discrimination

Bodily autonomy

The 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from 28 February to 1 April, 2022.

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The 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from 9 September to 11 October 2024. The ongoing liquidity crisis experienced by the United Nations, which deeply affects the Council’s functioning, has once again put civil society organisations under an additional and significant burden - especially when it comes to accessing hybrid modalities and organising side events.

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The 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from June 21 to July 14, 2021.

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This summary contains the essence of our panellists' interventions during our 2nd conversation on the the political economy of sexual rights focusing on coercive and punitive economic measures & sexual rights. This exciting series of conversations hosted by the Sexual Rights Initiative explore how macroeconomics profoundly affects sexual rights and share ideas on effective strategies to address these challenges within social justice activism, including advocacy in UN human rights spaces. By bringing together a diverse group of activists, scholars, and advocates, this virtual conversation series aims to build cross-movement collaboration and global partnerships.

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Economic justice

Poverty and economic inequality

Sexual and reproductive health and rights

The 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from 13 June to 8 July. Below you will find information on some of the key sexual rights-related: resolutions, panel discussions and oral statements.

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HRC 50

The 35th session of the UN Human Rights Council will take place from the 6th to the 24th of June 2017. Find below information about anticipated sexual rights-related resolutions, panels and reports, and parallel events taking place during the 35th session.

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Gender-based violence

Gender equality

The 25th session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from March 3 – 28 2014. The first week of the four-week session comprised of a ‘High-level segment’ during which high-level dignitaries addressed the Council. Below is a round-up of sexual rights-related news from the 25th session of the Council.

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SRI and WILPF respond to the ‘protection of the family’ initiative

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Domestic violence

Child, early, and forced marriage

Sexual rights

Sexual orientation and gender identity

The Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI) welcomes the adoption by the UN Human Rights Council (the Council or the HRC) on 27 March 2015 of its annual resolution on the rights of the child, entitled ‘Towards better investment in the rights of the child’. By means of this resolution, the Council calls upon governments to ensure access of all people, including children, without discrimination, to a range of health services, including sexual and reproductive health care services (paragraph 28).

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Rights of the child

Sexual and reproductive health and rights

Comprehensive sexuality education

The 53rd session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from 19 June to 14 July. Below you will find information on some of the key sexual rights-related: Resolutions Panel discussions Oral statements Side Events

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The 48th session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from 13 September to 11 October.

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The 26th session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from 10 – 27 June 2014. Below are some highlights of sexual rights-related to Resolutions, discussions, UPR outcomes and parallel events that the SRI engaged with during this session.

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Sexual orientation and gender identity

Gender equality

Comprehensive sexuality education

Child, early, and forced marriage

Female genital mutilation