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Published on July 04, 2024We regret the noting of recommendations pertaining to providing access to information and education on sexual and reproductive health. Nigeria is failing to meet its obligations to provide such information, with private institutions left to bridge the gap in access to evidence-based, accurate information. Everyone has the right to learn about one’s body, sexuality, and sexual and reproductive health. We call on Nigeria to ensure access to comprehensive sexuality education for all, as part of its obligation to ensure that everyone enjoys the right to a quality education.
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Published on July 02, 2024
We echo the report’s call on States to repeal all laws and policies that penalise individuals for structural inequality, and to move away from punitive and carceral approaches.
There is overwhelming evidence showing that the criminalisation of drug use and of sex work is deeply discriminatory, disproportionately affecting people on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity and class. It also increases exposure to physical and sexual violence. It is also used as a driver of other harmful policies, for instance by restricting access to safe housing and shelter, as well as to safe places of work and labour rights for sex workers.
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Published on June 28, 2024Human rights economy seeks to prioritize investment in economic, social and cultural rights, as well as the right to development. However, the transformative potential of a human rights economy will remain hollow without addressing the global financial architecture as a colonial structure that exerts control over countries in the Global South through debt burdens, austerity measures, structural adjustment programs and loan conditionalities through international financial institutions.
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Published on June 28, 2024We urge States to heed the Working Group’s recommendations related to the realization of individual and collective rights to substantive equality, including guaranteeing the right to decent work, comprehensive social protection, and repealing laws criminalizing poverty. International and regional economic, financial and monetary institutions and their member States must move away from the growth-centered and neoliberal paradigm that are root causes of inequalities.
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Published on June 28, 2024Economic violence against women and girls, as with many other forms of gender-based violence, is rooted in patriarchal, racist, classist systems of oppression. In the last decades, structural conditions created by global capitalism and neoliberal policies, combined with those first mentioned, have added new dimensions, causes and consequences.
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HRC 56: SRI statement to the Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to health
Published on June 24, 2024We support the Special Rapporteur’s recommendations to States to move away from criminal approaches to drug use and control frameworks and rather adopt an evidence-based, human rights approach. Moreover, access to medicines is a human right that must not be impeded by policies that favour corporate interests over people’s health and rights. -
Published on June 24, 2024In collaboration with the Global Network of Sex Work Project, SRI supported a delegation of sex workers from different countries to participate in the 56th session of the Human Rights Council. This delegation also benefited from the support of the Count me In! Consortium and the Our Voices, Our Future Consortium.
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Published on June 24, 2024Evidence collected over 25 years by Amnesty International in Norway and Ireland, Médecins du Monde in France has consistently demonstrated that criminalisation as recommended by the SR VAW, has been responsible for increasing the economic vulnerability, worsening the quality of life of sex workers everywhere this system is implemented.
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Published on June 24, 2024As a mother, I am offended by the report’s assertion that sex workers are bad mothers and our children are a result of violence who will end up getting stolen, trafficked, raped and killed. I have chosen sex work to be my profession, but this is not my whole reality. Before I am a sex worker, I am many things. My rights should not be denied because of my job.
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Published on June 24, 2024As a sex worker and sex worker advocate, I and my community find this report problematic and harmful. As a feminist, I object to the report because it denies our agency and autonomy.
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Published on June 24, 2024The greatest violence we sex workers suffer is based on stigma, discrimination, and police persecution. We need sex work to be recognized as what it is: a job.
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Published on June 24, 2024a mayor violencia que sufrimos las personas trabajadoras sexuales está basada en el estigma, la discriminación y la persecución policial. Necesitamos que se reconozca el trabajo sexual como lo que es: un trabajo.
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Published on June 24, 2024The first form of violence is that people refuse to hear our voices and impose moral judgments against us. Our voices as sex workers must be heard. To protect ourselves from violence, we need labor law, the recognition of sex work as work, and respect for our choices as sex workers.
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Published on June 24, 2024
La première des violences est qu’on refuse d’entendre nos voix et qu’on impose des jugements moraux contre nous. Nos voix en tant que travailleuses du sexe doivent être entendues. Pour nous protéger de la violence, nous avons besoin du droit du travail, de la reconnaissance du travail sexuel comme un travail, et du respect de nos choix en tant que travailleuses du sexe.
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Published on June 17, 202424 June 2024 - 15h00 - 16h00 CET In person: Room XXV, Palais des Nations
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Published on June 17, 202424 de junio de 2024 – 15 a 16 horas (hora de Ginebra) En persona: Sala XXV, Palais des Nations
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Published on June 17, 202424 juin 2024 de 15 h à 16 h (heure d’Europe centrale) En personne : Salle XXV, Palais des Nations
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Published on June 14, 2024The 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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Published on June 14, 2024La sesión 56° del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU se desarrollará del 18 de junio al 12 de julio de 2024. A continuación, podrán encontrar información sobre: Resoluciones, paneles e informes previstos relacionados con derechos sexuales Resultados del EPU Evento virtual de la Iniciativa por los Derechos Sexuales (SRI) durante la sesión 56°
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Published on June 14, 2024La 56e session du Conseil des droits de l’homme (CDH) de l’ONU se déroulera du 18 juin au 12 juillet 2024. Les informations ci-dessous concernent : les résolutions anticipées, les panels et les rapports en lien avec les droits sexuels; les résultats de l’Examen périodique universel (EPU); l’événement parallèle de la SRI pendant cette 56e session.
Acción en Canadá por la Salud y los Derechos Sexuales
Acción en Canadá por la Salud y los Derechos Sexuales es comprometida con la defensa y el avance de la salud y los derechos sexuales y reproductivos (SDSR) en Canadá y en el mundo. Action Canada trabaja para incrementar el acceso a información y servicios en salud sexual y reproductiva; informar a actores gubernamentales y no gubernamentales para lograr avances en DSR; y apoyar a movimientos que promueven una agenda amplia e interseccional de SDSR.
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Active partnerYesPartner websiteДействие Канады за Сексуальное Здоровье и Права, далее Действие Канады
Действие Канады за Сексуальное Здоровье и Права, далее Действие Канады (Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights) - это прогрессивная благотворительная организация, выступающая за свободу выбора, которая занимается защитой и поддержкой сексуального и репродуктивного здоровья и прав (СРЗП) как в Канаде, так и во всем мире. Действие Канады работает над расширением доступа к информации и услугам СРЗП, неформальными и неправительственными субъектами, занимающимися защитой сексуальных прав, и содействует продвижению повестки дня во вопросам касающимся СРЗП. Действие Канада работает в Совете по Gравам Человека с 2002 года.
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Active partnerYesPartner websiteAction Canada pour la santé et les droits sexuels
Action Canada pour la santé et les droits sexuels est voué à la promotion et à la défense de la santé et des droits sexuels et génésiques au Canada et dans le monde. Action Canada travaille à améliorer l’accès à l’information et aux services matière de santé sexuelle et génésique; à différents acteurs afin de promouvoir les droits sexuels et génésiques; et à soutenir des mouvements intersectionnels pour faire progresser les droits sexuels et génésiques.
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Active partnerYesPartner websiteAction Canada for Sexual Health and Rights
Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights is a progressive, pro-choice charitable organization committed to advancing and upholding sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in Canada and globally. Action Canada works to increase access to SRHR information and services, inform governmental and non-governmental actors for the advancement of sexual rights, and support movements to advance a broad and intersectional SRHR agenda. Action Canada has been working at the Human Rights Council since 2002.
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Active partnerYesPartner websiteUN Mechanisms
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The SRI works with the four main UN human rights mechanisms: the Human Rights Council, the Universal Periodic Review, the Special Procedures and the Treaty Monitoring Bodies. Learn about these mechanisms and what they do.
Introduction
The UN human rights system is a collection of mechanisms that work together to:
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Hold States accountable for their human rights obligations
- Discuss and take action on human rights concerns around the world
- Set standards for the promotion, protection, and fulfillment of human rights
The SRI works with the four main UN human rights mechanisms:
- The Human Rights Council
- The Universal Periodic Review
- The Treaty Monitoring Bodies
- The Special Procedures
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Human Rights Council
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The Human Rights Council is the foremost inter-governmental body charged with protecting and promoting human rights.
47 UN Member States are elected by the UN General Assembly to serve on the Human Rights Council for a three-year term. All 193 UN Member States can participate in the proceedings of the Human Rights Council; however, only the 47 Members are entitled to vote on actions to be taken.
The Human Rights Council is mandated to:
- Engage governments, civil society, and experts to debate, discuss, and adopt resolutions on thematic and country-specific human rights concerns.
- Appoint Special Procedures to analyze and report on human rights related to particular themes and in specific countries.
- Assess the human rights records of all 193 UN Member States through the Universal Periodic Review.
- Examine human rights violation complaints.
The Human Rights Council meets three times a year for regular sessions in March, June, and September at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland.
To learn more about the Human Rights Council, please visit its website or watch this video produced by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Universal Periodic Review
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The Universal Periodic Review is an inter-governmental process where each of the 193 UN Member States are reviewed on their entire human rights record every four and a half years.
All UN Member States are reviewed on an equal basis and with the same frequency. States under review are provided an opportunity to update the UN Human Rights Council on the steps taken to fulfill their human rights obligations at the national level. During this process, UN Member States also make recommendations to the State under review to improve the implementation of human rights obligations at the national level.
To learn more about the Universal Periodic Review, please visit its website or watch this video produced by UPR-Info.
Click here to review a collection of the SRI’s collaborative UPR stakeholder submissions.
Special Procedures
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UN Special Procedures are human rights experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate, analyze and report on thematic or country-specific human rights concerns.
UN Special Procedures can take the form of Special Rapporteurs, Independent Experts, or Working Groups. The Special Procedures submit annual reports to the Human Rights Council, respond to communications of urgent human rights violations, undertake country visits, and contribute to the development of international human rights norms and standards.
To learn more about the Special Procedures, please visit their website or watch this video produced by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Click here to learn more about our work at the Special Procedures
Treaty Monitoring Bodies
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The Treaty Monitoring Bodies are committees of independent experts that monitor the implementation of international human rights treaties.
When States ratify a human rights treaty, they agree to periodically report to the respective Committee on the steps taken to ensure everyone in the State can enjoy the rights set out in the treaty. The Treaty Monitoring Bodies also develop and adopt General Comments or Recommendations to guide States in the implementation of the obligations set out in the human rights treaties.
To learn more about the Treaty Monitoring Bodies, please visit their website or watch this video produced by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Click here to learn more about our work at the Treaty Monitoring Bodies
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