Bringing Rights to Bear: An Analysis of the Work of UN Treaty Monitoring Bodies on Reproductive and Sexual Rights

Headings: 
Reproductive Rights
Authors: 
Hoq, Laboni Amena
Corporate Author: 
Center for Reproductive Law and Policy
Title: 
Bringing Rights to Bear: An Analysis of the Work of UN Treaty Monitoring Bodies on Reproductive and Sexual Rights
Document Type: 
Other
Reference: 
Center for Reproductive Law and Policy and Faculty of Law, University of Toronto (2002)
URL: 
http://www.reproductiverights.org/pub_bo_tmb.html
Annotation: 
This report reviews the establishment of human rights and sexual rights within the international legal system. The analysis focuses on the incorporation of reproductive and sexual health considerations by six United Nations human rights treaty-monitoring committees. The report considers two categories of reproductive rights: the right to reproductive health care and the right to reproductive self-determination. Chapter 2 reviews the treaty-monitoring system and outlines potential future advancements by the monitoring committees in supporting reproductive and sexual rights. The remaining chapters are divided into sub-sections relating to substantive reproductive and sexual rights. The review of each specific right contains an analysis of the general comments, recommendations and concluding observations of the six Committees. [Descriptors: Reproductive Rights - Overview, International]