A/HRC/14/39 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 16 April 2010 Original: English Human Rights Council Fourteenth session 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 Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights* Summary The present study is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 11/8. It identifies the human rights dimensions of preventable maternal mortality and morbidity in the existing international legal framework. It also includes an overview of initiatives and activities within the United Nations system to address causes of preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and identifies how the Council can add value to existing initiatives through a human rights analysis. * Late submission. GE.10-12949 (E) 140510