At the International Conference on Human Rights (7 to 10 July 2013), the main outcome was the final report, which represents a unique platform to address human rights commitments and to identify opportunities to strengthen the operational links between human rights and the implementation of the Programme of Action, with a particular emphasis on sexual and reproductive health and rights and their intersection with gender equality.
At the Latin America landscape, the article “The ‘unexpected’ Montevideo Consensus“, published at the Global Public Health Journal, examines the outcome of the First Latin American Regional Conference on Population and Development, held in Uruguay in 2013.
At the Brazilian scene, a group of organizations addressed a letter (in Portuguese) to the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs questioning the country delegation about its abstention on the resolution adopted at the UN Human Rights Council in late June that brings a non-inclusive family perspective.
The conference provided a unique platform for meaningful dialogue amongst the diverse range of participants to address human rights commitments and identify opportunities to strengthen the operational links between human rights and implementation of the Programme of Action, with a particular emphasis on sexual and reproductive health and rights and their intersection with gender equality.