HumanrightshealthandreproductioninEurope.pptVIP

Human rights - health and reproduction in Europe Dr.Gunta Lazdane Acting Regional Adviser Reproductive Health and Research International Conventions International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – ICESCR 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – ICCPR 1966 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child – ICRC 1989 UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women – CEDAW 1979 Not ratified by countries in Europe Andorra – ICESCR, ICCPR Kazakhstan - ICESCR, ICCPR Monaco – CEDAW - not ratified - signed but not ratified Holy See – ICESCR, ICCPR, CEDAW Different levels of obligations: Treaties – binding on states parties Declarations – non-binding (Declaration of Alma Ata 1978, World Health Declaration 1998) Policy documents – non-binding (consensual UN global conferences action plans) UN ICPD in Cairo - POA “…the right to of men and women to be informed and to have access to safe, effective, affordable and acceptable methods of family planning of their choice, as well as other methods of family planning of their choice for regulation of fertility which are not against the law, and the right of access to appropriate health-care services that will enable women to go safely through pregnancy and childbirth and provide couples with the best chance of having healthy infant.” Chapter VII, 7.2 Fourth World Conference on Women – Beijing - 1995 “The human right of women include the right to have control over and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality, including sexual and reproductive health, free of coercion, discrimination and violence.” Cairo + 5 (1999), Beijing + 5 (2000) The reproductive rights may be violated: Direct action on the part of a state which interferes with one’s reproductive rights Result from the state’s failure to meet the minimum core obligations of a human rights treaty Result of patterns of discrimination EUROPE The European Convention for the Protection of