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HUMAN RIGHTS : Reference Material
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Reference Material

The following section offers a wide array of documents which address issues related to the promotion and protection of human rights. These have been divided into institutional documents –which include the human rights approach and guidelines adopted by the UN as well as other organizations–, and reference documents –such as articles, publications and bibliography aimed at better understanding human rights-related issues–.

UN-related Documents

  • 25 Questions on Health & Human Rights
    Health & Human Rights Publication Series Issue No.1
    World Health Organization
    July 2002
    [q&a_health_hr.pdf]
  • Action 2
    Strengthening UN Support for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Worldwide – BROCHURE
    [action2_brochure.doc]
  • Application of Human Rights to Reproductive and Sexual Health
    Recommendations from the Expert Group Meeting
    United Nations Population Fund - Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
    25-27 June 2001
    [rights_repro_health.pdf]
  • Policy Note on Implementing a Human  Rights-Based Approach to Programming in UNFPA
    Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director, UNFPA
    22 January 2004
    [hrba_policynote.doc]
  • Promotion and protection of reproductive rights through the work of the Ombudsman Offices of the Caribbean
    Resolution on the occasion of the Seminar-Workshop
    United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights (IIHR), Caribbean Ombudsman Association (CAROA)
    March 18-20 2003
    [ssr_jamaica.doc]
  • Second Interagency Workshop on Implementing a Human Rights-based Approach in the Context of UN Reform
    Report, Stamford, USA
    5-7 May 2003
    [report_stamford.doc]
  • The Human Rights Based Approach - Statement of Common Understanding
    [understanding_hrba.doc]
  • The Kingston Accord
    Resolutions from the Caribbean Ministerial Conference On Disability
    Kingston, Jamaica
    11 May 2004
    [kingston_accord.doc]
  • The Multi-Year Funding Framework, 2004–2007
    Report of the Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund
    23–30 January 2004
    [myff_2004-2007.doc]
  • The United Nations System and Human Rights: Guidelines and Information for the Resident Coordinator System
    Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC), Geneva
    March 2000
    [res_coord_guidelines.pdf]

Theoretical/Methodological Material

  • A Rights-Based Approach to Reproductive Health
    OUTLOOK/Volume 20, Number 4
    Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
    December 2003
    [outlook_hrba_ssr.pdf]
  • Definitions of a Rights-Based Approach to Development
    [hrba_definitions.pdf]