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Women’s Human Rights Alliance

Women’s Human Rights Alliance. Introduction Here. UN System. Treaty Based Human Rights Treaties Treaty Based Committees. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). UN System. International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights (ICCPR)

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Women’s Human Rights Alliance

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  1. Women’s Human Rights Alliance Introduction Here

  2. UN System • Treaty Based • Human Rights • Treaties • Treaty Based Committees Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

  3. UN System • International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights • (ICCPR) • International Covenant on Economic, Social, & • Cultural Rights (ICESCR) • Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial • Discrimination (CERD) • Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of • Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) • Convention Against Torture (CAT) • Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) • Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All • Migrant Workers & Their Families (CMW) • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities • (CRPD) • Treaty Based • Human Rights • Treaties • Treaty Based • Committees

  4. UN System Treaty Monitoring System: Roles of Committees Individual Complaints General Comments Reporting Mechanism

  5. State Obligations

  6. State Obligations • Respect– Not to interfere with the exercise of the right • Protect– To ensure others do not interfere, primarily through effective regulation & remedies • Fulfil– Promote rights, facilitate access to rights, & provide for those unable to provide for themselves

  7. International Covenant on Economic, Social, & Cultural Rights:Examining Right to Health from a Gender Perspective

  8. ICESCR Article 12.1 1. The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.

  9. What is the right to health? • Available, accessible, acceptablehealth facilities, goods, & services that are appropriate & of goodquality • Freedom to make decisions about one’s own health • Entitlement to a system of health protection • Concerns factors leading to a healthy life – ‘underlying determinants of health’

  10. What is the right to health? • Non-discrimination • Participation • Government obligation torespect,protect,&fulfil the right to health • Monitoring • Accountability mechanisms • Remedies

  11. ‘Underlying Determinants of Health’ Water & Sanitation Gender Equality Adequate & Safe Food Adequate Housing Health Info & Education Working Conditions Environmental Conditions

  12. What the right to health is NOT? The right to be healthy ONLY a long-term programmatic goal Economic difficulty does not absolve a state’s obligations Will be resolved overnight

  13. What about women? Using agenderperspective means recognisingthat both biological & socio-cultural factors play a role in influencing the health of women… Policies & programmes must consciously set out to address these differences.

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