A/HRC/33/24 other promotion activities at a variety of global conferences3 and meetings at the national level, as indicated in the submissions from the Netherlands and the Information Group on Reproductive Choice (GIRE) in Mexico. The technical guidance has also been discussed and promoted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and human rights mechanisms as part of advocacy related to the 2030 Agenda.4 6. In September 2015, the Secretary-General issued his updated Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (2016-2030), which accompanies the 2030 Agenda in order “to end preventable deaths among all women, children and adolescents, to greatly improve their health and well-being and to bring about the transformative change needed to shape a more prosperous and sustainable future”.5 Explicitly rooted in human rights law and anchored in respect for gender equality, the Global Strategy draws from the principles explained through the technical guidance. Roll-out of the Global Strategy over the next 15 years, together with implementation of the 2030 Agenda, is one of the most significant opportunities for further implementation of the technical guidance, as explained in the latter half of the present report. The Global Strategy established the Independent Accountability Panel, which is mandated to monitor commitments under the Global Strategy and contribute to reviewing progress on the Sustainable Development Goals at the high-level political forum on sustainable development. The Panel will play an important role in ensuring the implementation of the Global Strategy and alignment of the Sustainable Development Goals with human rights obligations. 7. Efforts have also been made to translate the technical guidance into more accessible language and for specific stakeholder groups.6 For example, OHCHR, together with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) and the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights of Harvard University, has developed practical guidance for health policymakers, national human rights institutions and health workers (with a further document forthcoming for the judiciary) on key considerations in applying a rights-based approach to sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn and under-5 child health. Recognizing that everyone has a role to play in applying a rights-based approach and building on the technical guidance documents of the Council, the guidance aims to articulate in more detail the types of issues that should be considered, depending on where stakeholders are situated. 8. Important campaigns have also been launched, which support many of the principles outlined in the technical guidance, such as the global Respectful Maternal Care campaign, led by the White Ribbon Alliance, and the Campaign for the Decriminalization of Abortion in Africa, launched by the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights. 9. Lastly, human rights treaty bodies have integrated the technical guidance as a tool of review and analysis. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights adopted its general comment No. 22 (2016) on the right to sexual and reproductive health, which draws on the technical guidance, in particular in relation to ensuring the availability of medical and professional personnel and skilled providers trained to perform the full range of sexual 3 4 5 6 4 For example, it was presented at the Women Deliver Conference (2016) and the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, Mexico (2015), and promoted at the World Humanitarian Summit, Istanbul (2016). See, e.g., joint statement on the 2030 Agenda. Available at www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=16490&LangID=E. Available from www.everywomaneverychild.org/global-strategy-2. See, e.g., submissions by Finland, the Center for Reproductive Rights, the International Initiative on Maternal Mortality and Human Rights and the International Pregnancy Advisory Services (IPAS).