The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council decision 25/117. It provides a summary of the panel discussion on the right to privacy in the digital age, held on 12 September 2014, during the twenty-seventh session of the Human Rights Council.
Country: Argentina
Collaborators: SRI, Akahata
Key Words: Maternal Mortality; Abortion; Contraception; Gender-Based Violence; Sexuality Education
Country: Guatemala
Collaborators: SRI, Colectiva Mujeres en Resistencia
Key Words: Gender-Based Violence; Violence Against Lesbian Women
Country: Pakistan
APC
Agenda Item 2: Panel on the right to privacy in the digital age: oral statement
The Association for Progressive Communications welcome the High Comissioners report's on privacy in the digital age and congratulates the Office for its ground breaking, important work. The right to privacy is a fundamental human right. Any limitations must be exceptional, lawful, necessary and proportionate.
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the human rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and relevant international human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
The HRC28 Wrap-up provides information on some of the key sexual rights related resolutions, panels and presentations, statements, and parallel events that the Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI) was engaged with during the 28th session of the UN Human Rights Council from the 2nd to the 27th of March 2015.
Sexual Rights-related Resolutions
Towards better investment in the rights of the child
The 28th session of the UN Human Rights Council will take place from the 2nd to the 27th of March 2015.
During the 27th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI) collaborated with national-level organizations and advocates to deliver oral statements regarding outcomes from the Universal Periodic Review ‘s (UPR) of Costa Rica, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Dominica, Nicaragua, Norway and Portugal.
The 27th session of the UN Human Rights Council will take place from 8-26 September 2014. Here you will find information regarding some sexual rights-related resolutions, discussions, UPR outcomes and parallel events taking place during the session.
Click here to access the full programme of work for the 27th session
Expected Sexual Rights-related Resolutions
