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Women's Rights are Human Rights

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Women's Rights are Human Rights

New York and Geneva, 2014

WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS NOTE The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters combined with figures. Mention of such a figure indicates a reference to a United Nations document.

HR/PUB/14/2 UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATION SALES NO. E.14.XIV.5 ISBN 978-92-1-154206-6 E-ISBN 978-92-1-056789-3 ? 2014 UNITED NATIONS ALL WORLDWIDE RIGHTS RESERVED

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION.......................................................................... 1

I. PROTECTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW............................................................. 3 A. International human rights instruments................................ 4 B. Regional instruments......................................................... 7

II. GLOBAL COMMITMENTS........................................................ 11 A. Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action..................... 12 B. International Conference on Population and Development..... 12 C. Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action......................... 13 D. Millennium Development Goals......................................... 14 E. United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development...... 15

III. UNITED NATIONS BODIES....................................................... 19 A. The Human Rights Council and its mechanisms.................... 19 B. The Security Council......................................................... 21 C. The Commission on the Status of Women............................ 21

IV. KEY CONCEPTS...................................................................... 25 A. The public-private divide................................................... 26 B. Universality of human rights.............................................. 27 C. Non-discrimination and equality between women and men... 29 D. Equality and equity.......................................................... 33 E. Gender........................................................................... 35 F. Intersectionality and multiple forms of discrimination............ 37

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WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS

V. THE HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK IN PRACTICE..................... 41 A. Women's rights in public and political life........................... 43 B. Sexual and reproductive health and rights.......................... 50 C. Women's right to an adequate standard of living................. 62 D. Violence against women................................................... 73 E. Impact of migration and displacement on the enjoyment of women's rights................................................................ 86 F. Women's human rights in conflicts and crises ..................... 92 G. Women's access to justice................................................. 109

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