A/HRC/22/24 57. In its first report to the Council (A/HRC/20/28), the Working Group has identified, as thematic priorities for 2012–2013, discrimination against women in law and in practice in political and public life, and in economic and social life (paras. 32–35). V. Activities of the Human Rights Council The Council’s panel discussion on women’s economic, social and cultural rights 58. On 20 September 2012, the Council’s panel discussion on women’s human rights took place pursuant to resolution 6/30 on integrating the human rights of women throughout the United Nations system. At its nineteenth session, the Council requested that the annual discussion on integration of a gender perspective focus on the issue of economic, social and cultural rights of women and the empowerment of women, including in the context of the achievement of Millennium Development Goals. The panel examined how the Council and its subsidiary bodies had integrated a gender perspective in promoting and protecting economic, social and cultural rights. Lessons learnt from these experiences informed recommendations for future work and opportunities for fully integrating gender concerns and human rights into the post-2015 development framework. 59. The Council was encouraged to: (a) Strengthen accountability mechanisms for systematic integration of gender; (b) Increase implementation of the resolution 6/30; (c) Strengthen the integration of gender throughout special procedures and mechanisms, including the universal periodic review; (d) Develop gender perspectives on economic and social rights to address macroeconomic policies; (e) Ensure that gender equality and human rights are at the centre of the post2015 agenda and address the ways in which women’s human rights are impacted by economic policies. VI. Activities of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 60. This section offers an overview of further initiatives undertaken by OHCHR within its mandate to promote and protect the economic, social and cultural rights of women. 61. OHCHR prepared a series of reports on maternal mortality and morbidity as a human rights issue, as requested by the Council. In the first report in 2010 (A/HRC/14/39), the High Commissioner outlined seven important principles of a human rights-based approach: non-discrimination, accountability, participation, transparency, empowerment, sustainability and international cooperation. In 2011, a compilation of good practices (A/HRC/18/27 and Corr.1/Rev.1) was presented, in which the High Commissioner observed five common features of good practices related to the reduction of maternal mortality and morbidity in line with human rights obligations: enhancing the status of women by removing barriers to an effective human rights-based approach to eliminate maternal mortality and morbidity, ensuring sexual and reproductive health rights, strengthening health systems to increase access to and use of skilled care, addressing unsafe abortion, and improving monitoring and evaluation. The report showcases some examples 15