A/HRC/33/24 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 19 July 2016 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-third 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 Follow-up on the application of the technical guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to reduce preventable maternal mortality and morbidity* Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present follow-up report provides details of various initiatives related to the implementation of the technical guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to reduce preventable maternal mortality and morbidity. Information was received from Member States, United Nations agencies, civil society actors and other relevant stakeholders. The emphasis of the report is on activities where there is explicit attention given to the technical guidance. The report also offers initial recommendations towards its usage in assuring compliance with human rights obligations in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. * The annex to the present report is reproduced in the language of submission only. GE.16-12435(E) 