During the 23rd Session of the Human Rights Council, the Sexual Rights Initiative is hosting a side-event entitled “Advancing sexual and reproductive rights and health in the Post-2015 development agenda: The role of the Human Rights Council.” SRI partner ACTION CANADA for Population and Development (ACPD)‘s Executive Director (speaking as a member of the High-Level Task Force for ICPD) will join panelists from the World YWCA, the Government of Uruguay and UNFPA.
On March 8th, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) held its High-Level Panel on Human Rights Mainstreaming, this year choosing to focus it on the post-2015 development framework.
During that debate, Ethiopia delivered on behalf of a select cross-regional group of 24 States a joint statement to the Council stressing the importance of SRHR to the post-2015 framework.
The 19th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) will take place at the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva, from April 28 – May 9 2014.
Fourteen countries will be reviewed during the session, including: Norway, Albania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Portugal, Bhutan, Dominica, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Brunei Darussalam, Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Qatar, and Nicaragua.
The 13th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was held at the Human Rights Council from May 21-June 4 2012. This was the first UPR session of the second cycle whereby countries will be reviewed by their peers on their entire human rights record for the second time.
SRI statement on the follow up and implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action
Delivered by Fernando D’Elio, Akahata (Argentina)
Thank you Madam President
Agenda Item 6 UPR General Debate
Joint statement of SRI & COC Netherlands
Statement delivered by Meghan Doherty, ACPD (Canada)
Thank you Madam President
We welcome the Council’s attention to women’s human rights in the UPR process, and trust that this attention will continue throughout the second cycle.
However, we urge States to be more specific in their recommendations about the laws and policies that serve to systematically discriminate against women, marginalize women and place our lives, health and wellbeing at risk.
SRI statement on the Working Group on Discrimination Against Women in Law and Practice’s first report to the Human Rights Council
Delivered by Dalia Abd El–Hameed, EIPR (Egypt)
Thank you Madam President
We would like to use this opportunity to welcome the report of the working group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice.
Joint Statement of SRI and the International Lesbian and Gay Association during the panel discussion on women’s human rights defenders
Delivered by Fikile Vilakazi, Coalition of African Lesbians (South Africa)
Joint statement of the SRI and the International Lesbian and Gay Association during the interactive dialogue with Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Delivered by Karolina Więckiecz, Federation for Women and Family Planning (Poland)
Madam President,
Joint Statement of SRI and COC Netherlands during the panel discussion on women’s human rights
Delivered by Meghan Doherty, ACPD (Canada)
Thank you Madam President
We welcome this panel’s focus on reparations for women subjected to violence and the recognition that, given the disparate and differentiated impact that violence has on women, especially marginalized women, including sexually marginalized women, there is a need for specific measures of redress in order to meet their specific needs and priorities.