Please note that an abbreviated version of this statement with the updated number of signatories will be delivered orally on October 4, 2021 at the Human Rights Council.
As the events related to the pandemic unfolded over 2020, the partners of the Sexual Rights Initiative sought to capture some of the key developments in sexual and reproductive rights – from restrictive measures and moral policing to the force of protests rocking many parts of the world.
Halfway through 2021, as we struggle with the increasing polarization of the world along established colonial and class lines, we would like to gather to both share information and perspectives and to collectively develop strategies for continuing to fight for sexual and reproductive rights in different regional and national contexts as well as globally.
A medida que se desarrollaban los acontecimientos relacionados a la pandemia a lo largo de 2020, las organizaciones socias de la Iniciativa por los Derechos Sexuales capturaron algunos de los principales avances en materia de derechos sexuales y reproductivos, desde las medidas restrictivas y la vigilancia moral hasta la fuerza de las protestas que sacuden muchas partes del mundo.
Halfway through 2021, as we struggle with the increasing polarization of the world along established colonial and class lines, we would like to gather to both share information and perspectives and to collectively develop strategies for continuing to fight for sexual and reproductive rights in different regional and national contexts as well as globally.
Au fur et à mesure que les événements liés à la pandémie se déroulaient au cours de l'année 2020, les partenaires de l'Initiative pour les droits sexuels ont cherché à saisir certains des développements clés en matière de droits sexuels et reproductifs - des mesures restrictives et de la police morale à la force des protestations qui secouent de nombreuses régions du monde.
The 38th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was held in Geneva, from May 3-14, 2021.
Fourteen countries were reviewed during UPR38: Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Palau, Paraguay, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia.
The 37th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was held in Geneva, from January 18-29, 2021.
Fourteen countries were reviewed during UPR37: Micronesia, Mauritania, Lebanon, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Australia, Nepal, Oman, Austria, Myanmar, Rwanda, Georgia, Nauru, and Sao Tome and Principe.
The 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council took place from February 22 to March 24, 2021.
La sesión 46° del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la ONU (CDH) tuvo lugar desde el 22 de febrero hasta el 24 de marzo de 2021.
Le Conseil des Droits Humains (CDH) des Nations Unies a tenu sa 47e session du 21 juin au 14 juillet 2021.