A/HRC/18/27 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 8 July 2011 Original: English Human Rights Council Eighteenth session Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Practices in adopting a human rights-based approach to eliminate preventable maternal mortality and human rights Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present study, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 15/17, contains an analytical compilation of good and effective practices in adopting a human rights-based approach to eliminate preventable maternal mortality and morbidity. It identifies the common features of such practices, analyses how they embody a human rights-based approach, and showcases some good practices that have been effective in reducing maternal mortality and morbidity. GE.11-14555