The office administrator contributes to the smooth running of the SRI’s Office in Geneva by undertaking administrative tasks and ensuring the rest of the Geneva team has adequate support to work efficiently.
Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism (A/HRC/46/L.15, led by Cameroon on behalf of the Group of African States)
High-level panel discussion on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Voluntary Technical Assistance Trust Fund to Support the Participation of Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States in the Work of the Human Rights Council (led by Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Guyana, Luxembourg, Maldives, Mauritius, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Senegal, Singapore, Sudan, Switzerland, Togo, Turkey and Vanuatu)
The right to food (led by Cuba)
Human rights and the environment (led by Costa Rica, Maldives, Morocco, Slovenia, Switzerland)
Question of the realization in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights (led by Portugal)
Ensuring equitable, affordable, timely and universal access for all countries to vaccines in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
Debate on the midterm review of the International Decade for People of African Descent
Annual high-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming
Annual interactive debate on the rights of persons with disabilities
Biennial high-level panel discussion on the question of the death penalty
Annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child
Rights of the Child
Elimination of discrimination against women and girls in sport (A/HRC/45/L.56, WITHDRAWN)
Promoting and protecting the human rights of women and girls in conflict and post-conflict situations on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) - A/HRC/45/L.24/Rev.1 as orally revised
Promoting, protecting and respecting women’s and girls’ full enjoyment of human rights in humanitarian situations - A/HRC/45/L.46/Rev.1 as orally revised
Result of the vote
Annual half-day panel discussion on the rights of indigenous peoples
Biennial panel discussion on the right to development
Annual discussion on the integration of a gender perspective throughout the work of the Human Rights Council and that of its mechanisms
The undersigned families of victims of police violence and civil society organizations write with regard to the Human Rights Council resolution (A/HRC/43/L.50) on the promotion and protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Africans and of people of African descent against excessive use of force and other human rights violations by law enforcement officers.
A/HRC/44/L.18/Rev.1
HRC L22 Results of the vote
A/HRC/44/L.11
L34 DAWG results of the vote
L33 DAWG results of the vote
L 32 DAWG results of the vote
A/HRC/44/L.21
A/HRC/44/L.21
A/HRC/44/L.21
Theme: Upholding the human rights of prisoners, including women prisoners and offenders: enhancing technical cooperation and capacity-building in the implementation of the Nelson Mandela Rules and the Bangkok Rules
Theme: Realizing the rights of the child through a healthy environment
This panel discussion will address human rights impacts, opportunities and challenges linked to the use of digital technologies.
HRC 44: Panel discussion on the rights of persons with disabilities in the context of climate change
This panel discussion will focus on good practices and lessons learned in the promotion and protection of the rights of persons with disabilities in the context of the adverse impact of climate change.
Panel 1: Accountability for women and girls in humanitarian settings
Panel 2: COVID-19 and women’s rights
Resolution: Promotion and protection of human rights and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (led by Azerbaijan, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Ecuador, Fiji, Luxembourg, Portugal, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Thailand and Uruguay)
Resolution: Methods of work of the Consultative Group of the Human Rights Council (led by Iraq and the Russian Federation)
Resolution: The promotion and protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Africans and of people of African descent against excessive use of force and other human rights violations by law enforcement officers
UPR Submissions 36th Session
UPR Submissions 35th Session
The Sexual Rights Initiative and partners co-sponsored a side event at the 20th session of the Human Rights Council focusing on criminal laws and women’s right to health. The objective of the event was to provide a forum for States and stakeholders in Geneva to discuss the key findings and recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health’s 2011 report to the General Assembly on the criminalization of sexual and reproductive health including abortion.
Learn more about the event here.
Attached in the PDF documents you will find the voting charts for L37, L38, and L39. Read more at What happened at HRC38.
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 39th session, 10 September 2018
Action Canada for Population and Development
Item 3: Clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery and the Independent Expert on democratic and equitable international order
The present report contains a summary of the Human Rights Council panel discussion on the protection of the family and its members, which was held to address the implementation of States’ obligations under relevant provisions of international human rights law and to discuss challenges and best practices in that regard. The discussion took place on 15 September 2014 during the twenty-seventh session of the Human Rights Council, having been mandated in resolution 26/11 adopted on 26 June 2014 during the twenty-sixth session of the Council.
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.
The present study, developed under Human Rights Council resolution 25/20, is focused on the right to live independently and be included in the community, and the enjoyment, protection and promotion of that right as a substantive means for the realization of other rights, as a condition for avoiding institutionalization and segregation in health and social settings, and as a prerequisite to provide for the full development of the capabilities of persons with disabilities and their meaningful participation in, and contribution to, society.
Summary of the panel discussion on accelerating global efforts to end violence against children
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The present report sets out the obligations of States to invest adequately in the rights of children, in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child. It considers the different stages – of the budget process – preparation, allocation, spending and monitoring – and provides a framework for a human rights-based approach to budgeting. It includes examples of good practices and a number of recommendations to ensure that adequate resources are devoted to the realization of the rights of children in all countries, regardless of the income level of the State.
In its resolution 67/177, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Human Rights Council at its relevant session and to the Assembly at its sixty-ninth session a comprehensive report on the implementation of the resolution, including relevant recommendations. In that regard, the Secretariat has the honour to refer the Council to the report of the Secretary-General submitted to the Assembly (A/69/293) pursuant to that request.
In the present report, which covers the period from December 2013 to December 2014, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict outlines the activities undertaken in discharging her mandate, including information on the progress achieved with regard to developing and implementing action plans, the challenges in the children and armed conflict agenda and field visits.
The present annual report reviews, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 68/147, key initiatives promoted by the Special Representative. It builds on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the shaping of the post-2015 development agenda, and highlights the potential and risks associated with children’s use of new information and communication technologies.
The present report provides an overview of the activities carried out by the Special Rapporteur since her appointment in June 2014 and outlines how she intends to approach her mandate. It furthermore contains a thematic study on the issue of information and communication technologies and the sale and sexual exploitation of children.
In the present report, submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to Council resolution 26/20, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities describes her vision of the mandate, her working methods and a work plan for the first three years of the mandate.
A/HRC/28/63 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Michel Forst
Recommendations of the Forum on Minority Issues at its seventh session: Preventing and addressing violence and atrocity crimes targeted against minorities (25 and 26 November 2014)
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the United Nations Information Service in Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, are pleased to invite you to the viewing of “Des Femmes et des Hommes”, sponsored by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The film will be shown in Room XVIII of the Palais des Nations on Friday, 6 March 2015, at 5.00 p.m.
HRC40 - Item 6: Universal Periodic Review Outcomes – México
HRC40 -Item 6: UPR Nigeria
Statement on Nigeria’s Adoption of the 31st UPR Recommendations
Thank you Mr President, the Federation for Women and Family Planning makes this statement on behalf of the Equality Triangle Initiative.
Nigeria received over 60 recommendations relating to sexual and reproductive rights and health, including on violence and discrimination against women and girls, early and forced marriages, harmful cultural practices, HIV and AIDS, SRHR services and general health services - the majority of these recommendations were accepted by Nigeria and we commend Nigeria for doing so.
Conseil des droits de l'homme - 40ème session
Rapport de l'EPU du Sénégal
Déclaration conjointe de SRI, Right Here Right Now Sénégal et Rutgers
14 mars 2019
40th Session of the Human Rights Council
Clustered Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights
Action Canada for Population and Development & Association for Women’s Rights in Development
1st of March
40th Session of the Human Rights Council
Item 8
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
18 March 2019
40th Session of the Human Rights Council
40th Session of Human Rights Council
ITEM 3: Clustered ID with Special Rapporteur on the rights of Persons with Disabilities
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
28 February 2019
HRC40 - Item 3: Clustered Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
40th Session of Human Rights Council
HRC40 - Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights
HRC40 - Item 3: Interactive Dialogue Special Rapporteurs on the situation of Human Rights Defenders and Torture
40th Session of Human Rights Council
Item 3: Clustered Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the right to Food and Independent Expert on Foreign Debt
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
28 February 2019
Global South Leadership on Women’s and Girls’ Rights
Human Rights Council – 28th session – March 2015
Item 6: Consideration of the UPR Outcome of Madagascar
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 28th session – March 2015
Item 6: Consideration of the Universal Periodic Review Reports – EL SALVADOR
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 28th session – March 2015
Item 6: Consideration of the Universal Periodic Review Reports – BOLIVIA
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
HRC28 - Item 6: Consideration of the Islamic Republic of the UPR Outcome of EGYPT
Human Rights Council – 28 th session – March 2015
High-level panel discussion on human rights and climate change
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 28th session – March 2015
Annual interactive debate on the rights of persons with disabilities
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 28 th session – March 2015
High-level panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 28 th session – March 2015
Annual full-day meeting on the rights of the child
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Mr President.
I make this statement on behalf of Action Canada and the Sexual Rights Initiative.
We congratulate those states which have made advances on MDG1 and welcome the Special Rapporteur’s Report and recommendations.
HRC28 - Item 3: Clustered ID with the SR on Torture and the SR on HR Defenders
Human Rights Council – 28th session – March 2015
Item 3: General Debate
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
28th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
23 March, 2015
Item 8: Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Summary of sexual rights-related recommendations from the 22nd session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
Invitation - Violence on Her Skin
The Power of Empowered Women 2015
Women's Leadership in Peace and Security
Tuesday, 23 June 2015
ADVANCING HUMAN RIGHTS AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE
IN THE AIDS RESPONSE: NOW MORE THAN EVER
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
Collaborators: SRI, Rahnuma Family Planning Association of Pakistan, MDG 5b Alliance
UPR Submissions - 15th session
Country: Canada
Collaborators: SRI, Canadians for Choice
Key Words: Abortion; Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health; Discrimination
Country: Colombia
Collaborators: SRI, Corporación Mujeres Al Borde
Key Words: Gender-based violence; Violence against women; Armed conflict; Femicide; Sexual Rights, Abortion; Secular State
Country: Belize
Collaborators: SRI, United Belize Advocacy Movement
Key Words: Sexual orientation and gender identity; Human rights; Right to education; Discrimination; Sexual and reproductive rights; HIV/AIDS; Stigma.
Country: China
Collaborators: SRI
Key Words: Sexual orientation and gender identity; Right to freedom of expression; Right to education; Right to health.
Country: Malaysia
Country: Afghanistan
Collaborators: SRI, Afghan Family Guidance Association & International Planned Parenthood Federation (South Asia Regional Office)
Key Words: HIV/AIDS; People who inject drugs; Discrimination; Stigma; Health Systems Strengthening; Access to Services; Education; Availability of Services; Accessibility of Services.
Country: Cambodia
UPR Submissions - 19th session
Country: Bolivia
Collaborators: SRI, Ipas
Key Words: Sexual and reproductive rights, maternal mortality, criminalization of abortion
Country: Bolivia
Collaborators: SRI, Colectivo LGBT de Bolivia
Key Words: Sexual orientation, gender equality, discrimination, violence, sexuality education, public policy, Bolivian legislation, hate crimes
Country: Bosnia Herzegovina
UPR Submissions - 22th session
Country: Brazil
Collaborators: SRI, Ipas
Key Words: Legal abortions, contraception, sexuality education and information on sexual and reproductive health and rights, zika
Country: Ecuador
Collaborators: SRI, Taller Comunicación Mujer
Country: Guatemala
Collaborators: SRI, La Colectiva Mujeres, Derechos Sexuales
Key Words: Violencia de género, Violencia sexual, Embarazos no deseados en adolescentes y jóvenes, Derechos humanos de niñas y adolescentes, Femicidios, Acceso a la Justicia, LGTBI
Country: Ghana
Collaborators: SRI, Sisters of the Heart, Centre for Popular Education Human Rights in Ghana (CEPEHRG)
UPR Submissions - 30th session
Country: Chile
Collaborators: SRI, Organizando Trans Diversidades
Key Words: Identidad de género; orientación sexual; personas trans; reasignación registral; discriminación; violencia; acceso a la salud; educación y trabajo. C
Country: Macedonia
Collaborators: SRI, Margini Coalition, Reactor, Health Education and Research Association
Key Words: Abortion; contraception; antenatal healthcare; access to healthcare for Romani women
UPR Submissions - 33th session
Country: The Gambia
Collaborators: SRI, Women In Liberation and Leadership, African Men for Sexual Health and Rights
Violence and discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression
Country: Kazakhstan
Collaborators: SRI, The Legal Center for Women’s Initiatives “Sana Sezim”
Domestic violence, sexual and reproductive rights, comprehensive sexuality education, access to SRH services
Country: Grenada
Collaborators: SRI, GrenCHAP, Gorundation Grenada
Key Words: LGBT People, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, discrimination based on SOGIE
Country: Guyana
Collaborators: SRI, Society Against
Key Words: Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) LGBT People, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, discrimination based on SOGIE
Country: Kenya
In the present report, submitted pursuant to Council resolution 24/6, the Special Rapporteur provides a brief account of his activities since he took office in August 2014.
The main focus of the report is on the work of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right to health, focusing on the right to health framework, and the development of the contours and content of the right to health. He then reflects on how he sees the way forward, based on the current context, challenges and opportunities for the full realisation of the right to health.
In this report, the Working Group examines discrimination against women and girls in cultural and family life. The cultural construction of gender determines the role of women and girls within the family, including in marriage. After analysing the impact of culture and religion on the enjoyment of equal rights by women and girls in society and the family, the Working Group redefines family by incorporating a gender perspective.
The present report is submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to its resolution 27/32, in which the Council requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to update the report of the Office of the High Commission on violence and discrimination against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity (A/HRC/19/41).
The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 27/22 on intensifying global efforts and sharing good practices to effectively eliminate female genital mutilation. Following a brief overview of issues related to that practice and the applicable legal framework, the report contains a summary of some of the initiatives undertaken by States, United Nations entities and non-governmental and other organizations to eliminate it, and an analysis of the continued challenges.
A/HRC/29/27 Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women
HRC29 - Item 6: Universal Periodic Review – Grenada
Human Rights Council – 29th session – June 2015
Item 6: Consideration of the UPR Outcome of Turkey
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Consejo de Derechos Humanos – Sesión 29 – Junio de 2015
Item 6: Examen Periodico Universal – España – Adopcion del resultado del EPU de España – Junio 2015
Declaración efectuada por Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 29th session – June 2015
Item 6: Consideration of the UPR Outcome of Kenya
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 29th session – June 2015
Item 6: Universal Periodic Review – Guyana – Adoption of UPR outcome on Guyana – June 2015
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 29th session – June 2015
Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development: General Debate
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 29th session – June 2015
Item 3: Clustered ID with the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Action Canada makes this statement in collaboration with the Sexual Rights Initiative.
HRC29 - Item 3: Clustered ID with Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequence
Human Rights Council – 29th session – June 2015
PANEL: Realizing the equal enjoyment of the right to education by girls
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
HRC29 - Annual Day of Discussion on Human Rights of Women
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling all Commission on Human Rights and Human Rights Council resolutions on human rights and indigenous peoples,
Recalling also the adoption by the General Assembly of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in its resolution 61/295 of 13 September 2007,
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Recalling relevant international human rights treaties, in particular the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 12/27 of 2 October 2009, 15/22 of 30 September 2010 and 16/28 of 25 March 2011, and relevant Commission on Human Rights resolutions,
Reaffirming the Political Declarations on HIV/AIDS adopted by the General Assembly on 2 June 2006 and 8 July 2011, and the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, adopted by the Assembly on 27 June 2001,
Human Rights Council – 30th session
Consejo de Derechos Humanos – Sesión 30 Septiembre 2015
Item 6: Consideración del resultado de EPU de Panamá.
Declaración de Action Canada for Populaton and Develpoment
Human Rights Council – 30th session
Item 6: Universal Periodic Review Outcomes: Maldives
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 30th session – September 2015
Item 6: Universal Periodic Review Outcomes: Malawi
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
HRC30 - Item 6: Universal Periodic Review Outcomes: Croatia
Human Rights Council – 30th session
Item 6: Universal Periodic Review Outcomes: Bulgaria
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
HRC30 - Agenda Item 6 Universal Periodic Review – Belarus
Human Rights Council – 30th session – September 2015
ITEM 8 General debate
STATEMENT
Summary of sexual rights-related recommendations from the 24th session of the Universal Periodic Review
Country: Belgium
Collaborators: SRI, Sensoa
Key Words: Abortion, comprehensive sexuality education, HIV, STI, undocumented migrants, sexual violence, sexual abuse, age of consent, sexual and reproductive health and rights
Country: Singapore
Collaborators: SRI, Kaleidoscope Australia Human Rights Foundation, Safe Singapore, Sayoni, the Bear Project, Young Out
Human Rights Council – 32nd session
Item 6: Universal Periodic Review Outcomes: Singapore
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Consejo de Derechos Humanos – Sesión 32
Human Rights Council – 32st session
Universal Periodic Review – Belgium 17 June 2016
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 32nd session – June 2016
Item 8:
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
HRC32 - ITEM 3 - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard...
Human Rights Council – 32st session
PANEL ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT: 30TH ANNIVERSARY
15 June 2016
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
HRC32 - Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women its causes and consequences
Annual Full Day of Discussion on the Human Rights of Women
Human Rights Council – 32nd session
16 June 2016
UPR Submissions - 23th session
Country: Mexico
Collaborators: SRI,Musas de Metal Grupo de Mujeres Gay A.C.
Key Words: Derechos sexuales y reproductivos; salud y diversidad sexual; LGBTTTI; mujeres; lesbianas; bisexuales; trans; discriminación; matrimonio de personas del mismo sexo; familias homoparentales y lesbomaternales; reproducción asistida; maternidad subrogada; terapias de conversión; violencia; feminicidios.
Country: Nigeria
Collaborators: SRI, Queer Alliance Nigeria
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
HRC31 Special Rapporteur on The Situation of Human Rights Defenders
Human Rights Council – 31st session
Panel discussion on the progress in and challenges of addressing human rights issues in the context of efforts to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030 – 11 March 2016
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
The Human Rights Council,
Emphasizing that the Convention on the Rights of the Child constitutes the standard in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, bearing in mind the importance of the Optional Protocols to the Convention, and calling for their universal ratification and effective implementation, as well as that of other relevant human rights instruments,
Country: Ireland
Collaborators: SRI, Abortion Rights Campaign Ireland, Sex Workers Alliance Ireland
Key Words: human rights, sexual and reproductive health and rights, abortion, comprehensive sexuality education, sex work, bodily autonomy, Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act
Country: Sudan
Collaborators: SRI, Anonymous Contributor
Key Words: Child and forced marriage, FGM, sexuality education, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS
33rd session of the Human Rights Council
Annual discussion on the integration of a gender perspective throughout the work of the Human Rights Council and that of its mechanisms
Theme: Gender integration in the resolutions and recommendations of the Human Rights Council
33rd session of the Human Rights Council (13 to 30 September 2016)
Panel discussion on youth and human rights
Concept note (as of 7 September 2016)
33rd session of the Human Rights Council
Annual half-day discussion on the rights of indigenous peoples
Theme: The causes and consequences of violence against indigenous women and girls, including those with disabilities
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming all previous relevant resolutions of the Human Rights Council, inter alia, resolutions 7/22 of 28 March 2008, 12/8 of 1 October 2009, 15/9 of 30 September 2010, 16/2 of 24 March 2011, 18/1 of 28 September 2011, 21/2 of 27 September 2012, 24/18 of 27 September 2013 and 27/7 of 2 October 2014,
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming all previous relevant resolutions of the Human Rights Council, inter alia, resolutions 7/22 of 28 March 2008, 12/8 of 1 October 2009, 15/9 of 30 September 2010, 16/2 of 24 March 2011, 18/1 of 28 September 2011, 21/2 of 27 September 2012, 24/18 of 27 September 2013 and 27/7 of 2 October 2014,
Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: violence against women as a barrier to women’s political and economic empowerment
HRC26 EU General statement for adoption - Resolution on the Elimination of violence against women
Explanation of Position France joint State Response
Discussion of “protection of the family” at Human Rights Council must reflect diversity and focus on human rights
Our organizations, representing a wide range of civil society from all regions of the world, urge the UN Human Rights Council to ensure the Panel discussion entitled “protection of the family” scheduled to take place in September reflects the diversity of family forms and includes a focus on the promotion and protection of human rights of individuals within the family unit.
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Guided by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, and recalling 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, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and other relevant human rights instruments,
Country: Lithuania
Colaborators: SRI, Family Planning, Sexual Health Association of Lithuania
Key words: access to contraception; access to abortion; comprehensive sexuality education; youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services; sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR).
Country: Lithuania
Colaborators: SRI, National LGBT* Rights Organization LGL Sexual, ILGA-Europe
Human Rights Council: 35th session
Item 3: ID with Working Group on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in Law and Practice Thank you Mr. President,
Action Canada makes this statement on behalf of the Sexual Rights Initiative.
HRC34 Item 3: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Human Rights Council – 34th session
Human Rights Council – 35th session
Human Rights Council – 35th session
Item 3: SR on Extreme Poverty
Thank you Mr. President,
Action Canada makes this statement on behalf of the Sexual Rights Initiative.
Human Rights Council – 35th session
Item 3: IE on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Thank you, Mr. President. Action Canada makes this statement on behalf of the Sexual Rights Initiative.
Sexuality and gender continue to be sites of oppression, discrimination, violence and subject to harsh religious, legal, political, economic and social control. They have become the sites of geopolitical contestation and are often leveraged to win elections, obscure or justify human rights abuses in other areas and cynically used to subvert the universality of human rights.
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the human right of everyone to education, which is enshrined in, inter alia, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and relevant international human rights instruments, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
Recalling also Human Rights Council resolution 32/1 of 30 June 2016 on youth and human rights,
In Vienna, States reaffirmed their commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In that vein, we would like to express our strong concerns about the draft resolution on the protection of the family [A/HRC/35/L.21 on “Protection of the Family: Role of the family in supporting the protection and promotion of human rights of older persons.”]
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and recalling the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
Reaffirming its resolutions and 24/23 of 27 September 2013 and 29/8 of 2 July 2015, and recalling General Assembly resolutions 69/156 of 18 December 2014 and 71/175 of 19 December 2016,
A/HRC/35/L.40 - Accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women: engaging men and boys in preventing and responding to violence against all women and girls
Accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women: engaging men and boys in preventing and responding to violence against all women and girls
Reaffirming the obligation of all States to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms, and reaffirming also that discrimination on the basis of sex is contrary to the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Convention on the Rights of the Child,
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and all other relevant international human rights instruments,
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.
ANNUAL DISCUSSION ON INTEGRATION OF A GENDER PERSPECTIVE
27th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
15th September 2014
Human Rights Council
Agenda Item 8: Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Item 3
27th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
15th September 2014
Human Rights Council – Agenda Item 6 – Universal Periodic Review – Portugal
Human Rights Council – Agenda Item 6 – Universal Periodic Review – Norway
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Declaración de Action Canada for Population and Development – Exámen Periodico Universal
Nicaragua – Adopción de los Resultados del EPU de Nicaragua – 19 de Septiembre de 2013
Item 6 - Universal Periodic Review – Dominica – Adoption of UPR outcome on Dominica – September, 2013
Human Rights Council – 27th session – September 2014
Item 6: Consideration of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s UPR Outcome
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Costa Rica Statement 27th regular session
Human Rights Council – 25th session – March 2014
Consideration of Senegal’s UPR Outcome – Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 25th session – March 2014
Item 6: Consideration of Mexico’s UPR Outcome - Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Item 6: Consideration of Malta’s UPR Outcome - Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 25th session – March 2014
Consideration of Malaysia’s UPR Outcome – Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 25th session – March 2014
Human Rights Council – 25th session – March 2014
Item 6: Consideration of Belize’s UPR Outcome - Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Item 5: Annual Interactive Debate on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
HRC25: Agenda item #8: statement - Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
Theme: 20-year anniversary of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development
HRC25: High-Level Dialogue on Sexual Violence in DRC
Thank you Mr. President.
I make this statement on behalf of the Sexual Rights Initiative.
We welcome Security Council Resolution 2122, which invites the Secretary General to commission a global study on the implementation of Resolution 1325. We also welcome HRC Resolution 24/27, highlighting the persistence of a very high level of cases of sexual violence, used as a weapon of war in conflict, and the recommendations contained therein.
HRC25 - Agenda Item #3 – General Debate
25th Session of the Human Rights Council
Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment
Statement delivered by Action Canada for Population and Development (ACPD) and International Indian Treaty Council
HRC31- Statement on Human Rights Defenders
Human Rights Council – 31st session
Panel discussion on the progress in and challenges of addressing human rights issues in the context of efforts to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030 – 11 March 2016
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 31st session
Item 6: Universal Periodic Review Outcomes: Saint Lucia
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council 31st session
Item 6 Universal Periodic Review – Rwanda
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council 31st session
Item 6 Universal Periodic Review – Nepal <
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 31st session
Item 6: Universal Periodic Review Outcomes: Lebanon
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council 31st session
Agenda Item 6 Universal Periodic Review of GEORGIA
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 33rd session
Human Rights Council – 33rd session
Item 6: Universal Periodic Review Outcomes: Papua New Guinea
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 33rd session
Item 6: Universal Periodic Review Outcomes: Samoa
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 33rd session
Item 6: Universal Periodic Review Outcomes: SUDAN
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 33rd session
Item 6: Universal Periodic Review Outcomes: THAILAND
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 33rd session
Item 6: Universal Periodic Review Outcomes: Ireland
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Theme: Participation and inclusion of indigenous peoples in the development and implementation of strategies and projects in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Theme: Gender integration and human rights investigations: strengthening a victim-centred approach
In support of the Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion, the Sexual Rights Initiative organized a side event on “Regional Developments in Abortion Law and Policy Reforms”.
Panelists highlighted regional developments in abortion law and policy reform, shed light on regional commonalities and differences that have led to change, and illustrated the ways in which different stakeholders have used human rights law to develop innovative strategies to advance the right to access safe and legal abortion in their region.
HRC26 General comments Italy on behalf of the EU
Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women:
Human Rights Council – 34th session
Annual Full Day Meeting on the Rights of the Child March 6, 2017
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
HRC34 - Item : Universal Periodic Review Outcomes: Zimbabwe
Consejo de Derechos Humanos – Sesión 34
ITEM 6 – Adopción del Examen Periódico Universal de Venezuela – 16 de marzo 2017
Declaración hecha por Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 34th session
Item : Universal Periodic Review Outcomes: Uganda
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
HRC34 - Togo’s Universal Periodic Review
Human Rights Council – 34th session -
Agenda Item 6 – Universal Periodic Review Timor Leste
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 34th session
Agenda Item 6 – Universal Periodic Review LITHUANIA
Item 3 Interactive Dialoge with the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights
Human Rights Council – 34th session
Clustered ID - SR on disabilities and IE on albinism
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
Human Rights Council – 34th session
Panel Discussion on Preventable Maternal Mortality and Morbidity & Human Rights March 9, 2017
Statement by Action Canada for Population and Development
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
The Human Rights Council,
Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling Human Rights Council resolutions 7/36 of 28 March 2008, 12/16 of 2 October 2009, 16/4 of 24 March 2011, 23/2 of 13 June 2013 and 25/2 of 27 March 2014, and all previous resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights and the Council on the right to freedom of opinion and expression,
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,
HRC34 - Item 3: Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
The Human Rights Council,
Emphasizing that the Convention on the Rights of the Child constitutes the standard in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, bearing in mind the importance of the Optional Protocols to the Convention, and calling for their universal ratification and effective implementation,
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya
Summary
In the present report, submitted pursuant to Council resolutions 7/8 and 16/5, the Special Rapporteur provides an account of her activities during the reporting year and draws the attention of Member States to the 241 communications sent under the mandate during the past year.
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Najat Maalla M’jid
Summary
The Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography submits the present report to the Human Rights Council at its twenty-fifth session, pursuant to Council resolutions 7/13 and 19/37.
25th session of the Human Rights Council
ANNUAL INTERACTIVE DEBATE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 12:00 to 15:00, Room XX; Palais des Nations, Geneva
DRAFT 27 January 2014
Background
Civil society’s contribution to the integration of a gender perspective in the work of the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms
Presentation of Neha Sood
Action Canada for Population and Development
Mr. President, Ambassador Henczel, Madame High Commissioner, Excellencies, distinguished delegates and colleagues,
Ambassador for Women and Girls
Panellist in the Annual Discussion on Gender Integration HRC24
10.00-13.00 September 12
Question formulated for the Ambassador for Women and Girls:
Australia is well-known for its excellent track record on integrating a gender perspective in both its UPR submission and making gender-related recommendations when reviewing other country’s human rights situation. Could you please let us know how you work with civil society in this process?
24st session of the Human Rights Council
HALF/DAY ANNUAL PLENARY PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE INTEGRATION OF A GENDER PERSPECTIVE
Panel “Civil society’s contribution to the integration of a gender perspective in the work of the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms”
Room XX - Palais des Nations, Geneva 12 september 2013, 10:00-13:00
Ms. Mozn Hassan Executive Director, Nazra for Feminist Studies (Egypt)
Statement by Mr. Chaloka Beyani, Chairperson of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures
HALF-DAY ANNUAL PLENARY PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE INTEGRATION OF A GENDER PERSPECTIVE
Panel “Civil society’s contribution to the integration of a gender perspective in the work of the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms”
Room XX - Palais des Nations, Geneva
JOINT STATEMENT
Human Rights for All Post-2015
10 December 2013
Human rights have surged to the forefront of the debate about what will succeed the Millennium Development Goals in 2015. As human rights and social justice organizations worldwide, we feel compelled to lay out some of the baseline implications of embedding human rights into the core of the sustainable development agenda this time around.
ECOSOC – Substantive Session 2013 General Segment
Item 7 (g) Oral Statement
Sexual Rights Initiative
Statement by H.E. Mr Minelik Alemu Getahun, Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Other International Organizations in Switzerland
UN Human Rights Council, High Level Panel on Human Rights Mainstreaming,
Geneva, 1 March 2013
The Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI) is a coalition of organizations from Canada, Poland, India, Egypt, Argentina and South Africa that have been advocating together for the advancement of human rights related to gender, sexuality and reproduction at the UN Human Rights Council since 2006. We are committed to and strongly in support of rights related to sexual orientation, gender identity and expression. Many of us are directly affected as people who are non-conforming in terms of our gender identity and expression and our sexual orientation.
Thank you Mr President.
This statement is delivered on behalf of the Center for Reproductive Rights, the Sexual Rights Initiative, and the International Initiative on Maternal Mortality and Human Rights. We welcome the follow up report by the OHCHR on the technical guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to the impleme
Human Rights Council – 33rd session
ITEM 8: 25 September 2016
The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, prepared pursuant to Council resolution 32/19
Submission to the Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights
Sexual Rights Initiative
November 2018
“Protection of the Family” Joint Statement will undermine work to end child early and forced marriage, violence against women and sexual abuse of children
Amnesty International
Criminalization of Sexuality and Reproduction
Human Rights Council – Side Event June 12, 2014
Distinguished colleagues,
You are cordially invited to attend an event alongside the 31st session of the UN Human Rights Council
Sexual health, human rights and law
14 March 2016 from 12:00 to 1:30 PM
Room XXI of the Palais des Nation
We are writing in response to UN Women’s call for submissions regarding UN Women’s policy on sex work. A number of sex workers’, women’s and human rights organizations have been engaging with UN Women for some months about this proposed policy, stressing the importance of a process that meaningfully engages with a broad range of sex workers’ and women’s rights organizations as essential to the policy development process.
The views of UN Women on the subject are grounded in the relevant human rights principles and provisions, intergovernmental normative frameworks and the best available scientific and epidemiological evidence. UN Women is attentive to the important input of civil society across the wide spectrum of opinion that pertains to the subject.
Challenge religious fundamentalism
One important step in addressing protection gaps in sexual rights: taking a greater intersectional approach and perspective within the existing international framework.
Through a greater appreciation of a) the ways in which sexual rights intersect with other rights, and b) through an understanding and approach to human rights that seeks to address multiple and intersecting forms of injustices and inequalities, including related to sex, gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexuality, religion and ability, among others
The basis, principles and objectives of the universal periodic review were set forth in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 and reaffirmed in resolution 16/21. The objective is the improvement of the human rights situation on the ground.
Written by Fernando D’Elio of Akahata (with input from Neha Sood of Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights) as part of the 2015 ILGA Report on State-Sponsored Homophobia.
The State-Sponsored Homophobia report originated from the need to present a concise overview of the legal situation of lesbian and gay people around the world. ILGA needed a comprehensive survey of laws that criminalise consenting adult same-sex sexual acts for its advocacy work and to present aspects of the work carried out by its members.
We believe in a world where every woman and girl has the right to make decisions about her body, her health and her future. True gender equality cannot be achieved without access to safe, legal abortion.
Yet this vision is still far from reality, due in part to continued restrictions on safe, legal abortion in much of the world. Criminalizing abortion does not eliminate abortion; it puts women’s lives and health at risk.
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