Preventable Maternal Mortality and Morbidity and Human Rights

A/HRC/RES/18/2View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2011.

What other versions does this mandate have?

8 versions · 2009–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/60/18

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/HRC/RES/60/18	Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights	4,625	40%Compare
2023	A/HRC/RES/54/16	Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights	4,209	63%Compare
2021	A/HRC/RES/47/25	Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights	3,072	25%Compare
2016	A/HRC/RES/33/18	Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights	2,072	33%Compare
2014	A/HRC/RES/27/11	Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights	971	55%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Conferences Guidelines Maternal and Child Health Maternal Mortality Morbidity Women's Rights

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Takes note with interest of the analytical compilation of good or effective practices that exemplify a human rights-based approach to eliminating preventable maternal mortality and morbidity prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights,⁵ and takes note also of the contribution of the said compilation, together with the thematic study on preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner,⁶ towards a human rights-based approach to reducing preventable maternal mortality and morbidity;

⁵A/HRC/18/27.

⁶A/HRC/14/39.

Recognizes that, as illustrated by the above-mentioned thematic study and analytic compilation, a human rights-based approach to eliminate preventable maternal mortality and morbidity is an approach underpinned by the principles of, inter alia, accountability, participation, transparency, empowerment, sustainability, non-discrimination and international cooperation;

Encourages States and other relevant stakeholders, including national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations, to take action at all levels to address the interlinked root causes of maternal mortality and morbidity, such as poverty, malnutrition, harmful practices, lack of accessible and appropriate health-care services, information and education, and gender inequality, and to pay particular attention to eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls;

Reaffirms that the Human Rights Council should promote the effective coordination and mainstreaming of human rights within the United Nations system;

Requests the Office of High Commissioner to convene, within existing resources, in cooperation with other relevant entities of the United Nations system, an expert workshop, open also to the participation of Governments, regional organizations, relevant United Nations bodies and civil society organizations, to prepare concise technical guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to reduce preventable maternal mortality and morbidity;

Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to present the technical guidance to the Human Rights Council;

Decides to continue considering the issue at its twenty-first session under the same agenda item.

The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its eighteenth session (A/HRC/18/2), chap. I.

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