Statement from the International Campaign for Women’s Right to Safe Abortion

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1 47th Commission on Population and Development, OP12.

2 ICPD Programme of Action, Para. 8.25.

3 ICPD Programme of Action, Para. 8.19.

4 ICPD Programme of Action, Para. 8.20.

5 That paragraph talks about “areas of shortfall in the implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action… elimination of preventable maternal morbidity and mortality through strengthening health systems, equitable and universal access to quality, integrated and comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services… access for adolescents and youth to full and accurate information and education on sexual and reproductive health… evidence-based comprehensive education on human sexuality, and promotion, respect, protection and fulfillment of all human rights, especially the human rights of women and girls, including sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights; and addressing the persistence of discriminatory laws and the unfair and discriminatory application of laws…” and more. 47th Commission on Population and Development, OP11.

6 47th Commission on Population and Development, PP10.

7 http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/unsafe_abortion/9789241548434/en/

8 http://icpdbeyond2014.org/uploads/browser/files/icpd_global_review_report.pdf

9 http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/CEDAW/Statements/SRHR26Feb2014.pdf

10 UN Doc. CRC/C/GC/15, para. 70.

11 UN Doc. CEDAW/C/GC/30, para. 52(c).

12 CAT: Peru 15 U.N. Doc CAT/C/PER/CO/5-6 (2013).

13 http://www.unfpa.org/webdav/site/global/shared/documents/news/2013/Montevideo%20Consensus-15Aug2013.pdf

14 http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/66/254