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<div><span style="font-weight:700;font-size:12px;display:block;margin-bottom:20px"></span><p>As you may know Anand Grover, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, presented his report (<span>A/66/254)</span> to the UN General Assembly yesterday Oct 24. Please find below a joint statement issued by several NGOs on this occasion. <br>
<br>Please forward this widely to your networks and groups. <br><br>Many thanks<br><br>Best wishes<br>Rajat<br><br></p><div style="text-align:center">****<br></div><br>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center">STATEMENT BY HUMAN
RIGHTS, WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND HEALTH GROUPS ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF
THE REPORT BY ANAND GROVER, UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
ON THE RIGHT TO HEALTH, TO THE UN
GENERAL ASSEMBLY</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">24 October 2011</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>We, the
undersigned human rights, women’s rights and health organizations, welcome the
report (A/66/254) of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Anand
Grover, to the UN General Assembly presented on 24 October 2011 as a milestone
in the struggle for the full realization of the right to health for all. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>The report
exposes the many detrimental effects on individuals’ health, equality, bodily
integrity, dignity, and decision-making capacity resulting from criminal laws
and other misguided legal restrictions that governments frequently impose in violation
of sexual and reproductive rights: restrictions on abortion, restrictions on
contraception, the criminalization of women’s conduct on the basis that they
are pregnant (such as criminal sanctions for drug use or alcohol consumption
during pregnancy) and restrictions on access to full, complete, and accurate
information on sexual and reproductive health. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>The majority
of states which spoke during the General Assembly’s interactive dialogue on the
report expressed the view that it makes a useful contribution to existing
guidance on implementing the right to health. In a joint statement with the
World Health Organisation and UNAIDS, UNFPA stated that the report supports
states’ efforts to respect, protect and fulfil human rights.<span> </span></span><span style="color:black">Our organisations welcome such responses in support of the
report and its importance within the mandate of the Special Rapporteur.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>We believe
this report is of fundamental importance in securing the right to health, in
particular because:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<ol start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal">The
report consolidates years of health and human rights legal analysis by many
UN experts, who are mandated by UN Member States to promote the full and
equal enjoyment of human rights by all persons. These studies jointly
support the conclusion that criminal law is often an inappropriate tool
for regulating sexual and reproductive health matters. </li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<ol start="2" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal">The
report uses empirical evidence compiled by UN technical agencies to
support the conclusion that the misuse of criminal laws and punitive
policies in the area of sexual and reproductive health cause
disproportionate suffering for women; people engaging in same sex sexual
conduct; people identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
persons; those living with HIV or AIDS; and other groups who already
suffer discrimination.</li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<ol start="3" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal">The
report contains clear and detailed recommendations for States, including a
call to immediately decriminalize abortion, ensure access to a full range
of modern contraceptive methods, and facilitate access to full, complete,
and accurate information on sexual and reproductive health.</li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Our own
research and experience supports the conclusions of this report as well as the
validity of its recommendations.<span> </span>We look
forward to working with States to further the implementation of these
recommendations in the fulfilment of their international human rights
obligations.<span> </span><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center">*****</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Action Canada
for Population and Development<span> <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span></span>AKAHATA</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Amnesty International</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ARC International<span lang="FR"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Association for Women’s Rights in Development <span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Catholics for Choice</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Center for Reproductive Rights</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Center for Women's Global Leadership</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>CREA</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Federation for Women and Family Planning, Poland</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">GREFELS (<span>Research Group on Women and Laws in Senegal</span>)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Human Rights Watch</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">INFORM Human Rights Documentation Centre, Sri Lanka</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">International Federation of Health and Human Rights
Organisations (IFHHRO) </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">International Planned Parenthood Federation</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">International Women’s Health Coalition</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ipas</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Irish Family Planning Association</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Marie Stopes International<span>
</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">National Advocates for Pregnant Women</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Planned
Parenthood Federation of America<span> <br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR"><span></span>Physicians for Human Rights</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Sexual Rights Initiative</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Shirkat Gah
Women's Resource Centre </span><br>
Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights<span lang="FR"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Women Human
Rights Defenders International Coalition</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Women Living Under Muslim Laws International Solidarity Network - Africa
and Middle East<span> <br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span></span></span><span style="color:black">Women's Learning Partnership International
Coalition for Rights, Development & Peace</span><span></span></p>
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