This Handbook is a joint publication of OHCHR, UNFPA and the Danish Institute for Human Rights. It aims to provide National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) with tools and guidance on how to integrate reproductive rights in their work. Each NHRI is as unique as the country in which it has been established, but that does not mean that many of the challenges, including within the field of reproductive rights, are not the same or similar for many NHRIs. This publication provides an introduction to reproductive rights, both what they mean in practice and their normative background, and how NHRIs can work within this field. Naturally, many NHRIs already work within the reproductive rights field, and a number of experiences from NHRIs have been gathered and are mentioned in the Handbook.
1. Promoting the Reproductive Rights Agenda -- 2. The National Human Rights Institution Mandate -- 3. Promoting Reproductive Rights through a Human Rights-Based Approach to Development -- 4. Reproductive Rights and Human Rights Standards and Principles -- Annex 1. The International Human Rights Treaty Bodies and Reproductive Rights -- Annex 2. Regional Human Rights Instruments and Reproductive Health -- Annex 3. NHRI Experiences with Reproductive Rights.

226 p.

Includes bibliographical references.