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monitored for their contribution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in
accordance with human rights obligations (see General Assembly resolution 70/1, para. 67).
VI. Recommendations
74.
The High Commissioner notes with appreciation the many examples of how the
technical guidance has been used by a wide variety of stakeholders to ensure rightsbased approaches to maternal health. Given its significant value to national
implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the High Commissioner recommends that the
Council remain seized of this important issue.
75.
The following recommendations are made to States and other stakeholders, as
relevant, to:
(a)
Build recognition, at the national and international levels, that
preventable maternal mortality and morbidity is a fundamental human rights issue
and, particularly in this context, enhance understanding among all stakeholders of the
indivisibility of all human rights;
(b)
Disseminate the technical guidance and associated tools as widely as
possible, including to all ministries and public institutions at all levels relevant, and to
rights-holders and other organizations working in related areas;
(c)
Report on the implementation of the technical guidance through existing
human rights mechanisms at the regional and international levels, as well as in the
context of the monitoring and accountability framework of the Sustainable
Development Goals;
(d)
Strengthen awareness and build the capacities of various stakeholders,
including policymakers, legislators, national human rights institutions, the judiciary,
United Nations agencies and health workers, on the application of rights-based
approaches to sexual and reproductive health, by organizing, inter alia, briefings,
trainings, webinars or other meetings;
(e)
Convene and support multi-stakeholder meetings, which involve health
workers and marginalized women and girls, to discuss the application of a rightsbased approach to sexual and reproductive health and identify opportunities within
national-level processes and prioritize concrete areas and plans for action;
(f)
Appoint a national body with responsibility for ensuring the
implementation of rights-based approaches, including as outlined in the technical
guidance, across all sectors and at all levels;
(g)
Affirm the centrality of human rights and reinforce linkages between
international and regional processes, including the 2030 Agenda and the Global
Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health;
(h)
Adopt human rights-sensitive indicators at the national level to monitor
progress and impact, including in the context of the implementation of the 2030
Agenda, complement indicator analysis with human rights reporting and ensure a
human rights-based approach to the collection, production, analysis and
dissemination of data;
(i)
Assess existing accountability mechanisms for women’s sexual and
reproductive health and rights in the implementation of the Sustainable Development
Goals, building accountability into interventions and strategies, monitoring the
functioning and effectiveness of those mechanisms and processes and taking remedial
action to ensure they are responsive to human rights.
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