A/HRC/10/46 page 12 of economic, social and cultural rights. It also endeavoured to analyse how the denial of economic, social and cultural rights may contribute towards creating an “enabling environment” for terrorism. 40. OHCHR continued to analyse the human rights dimensions of climate change. Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 7/23, OHCHR prepared an analytical study on the relationship between human rights and climate change, taking into account the views of States, relevant intergovernmental organizations and other stakeholders. As part of the consultation process, OHCHR hosted an open-ended consultation meeting on the relationship between climate change and human rights on 22 October 2008 in Geneva. The meeting offered a unique opportunity for a wide range of stakeholders, including States, intergovernmental organizations, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations, to discuss key aspects of the climate change human rights nexus. The report will be considered by the Council at its tenth session in March 2009. Together with a summary of the Council’s debate, the study will be made available to the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen in 2009. As the OHCHR study shows, climate change will have major implications for the effective enjoyment of a range of human rights and, in particular, economic, social and cultural rights related to health, food, water and housing. 41. In order to help articulate a human rights approach to the MDGs, OHCHR published in June 2008 “Claiming the MDGs: A human rights approach”. This publication analyses the relationship between several economic, social and cultural rights - such as the rights to education, health, food or adequate housing - and the MDGs. It highlights how a human rights approach can address the risks related to MDG-based development efforts, as well as enhance the potential of MDGs to serve as a vehicle for the promotion and protection of human rights. As a follow-up to this publication, OHCHR organized two regional meetings, one in Africa (in Johannesburg) and one in Asia (in Bangkok), to discuss key implementation challenges for MDGs from a human rights perspective, with a focus on the right to adequate food, health and water. The outcomes of these meetings will constitute a basis for identifying strategic entry points for OHCHR and partners to engage in follow-up actions, notably at the country level, to support and strengthen MDG-based national development strategies from a human rights perspective. 42. OHCHR continued to pay special attention to the issue of women and economic, social and cultural rights. In her report to the Economic and Social Council (E/2007/82), the High Commissioner focused on how the principles of equality between men and women and non-discrimination against women are paramount to the promotion and implementation of economic, social and cultural rights. The report clarified the scope of States parties’ obligations to eliminate discrimination and ensure equality between men and women in relation to economic, social and cultural rights. It also addressed the relevance of women’s economic, social and cultural rights in the context of post-conflict reconstruction and democratization programmes and policies. In June 2008, the Office also supported the holding by the Human Rights Council of a thematic discussion on maternal mortality, which included the participation of the Special Rapporteur on the right to health. OHCHR also submitted a briefing on international human rights law and reproductive rights to the Supreme Court of Justice in Mexico, highlighting international jurisprudence from United Nations treaty bodies and regional human rights bodies

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