Useful reports and documentation

• Guide parlementaire régional femme droits de l'homme et budget (French only)
• Civic space and effects of shrinking space on women human rights defenders in East Africa (2019)
• Background paper - role of the Judiciary in addressing stereotypes in sexual and reproductive health and rights cases  (2018)
  English | Spanish
• Factsheet: Your Health, Your Choice, Your Rights: International and Regional Obligations on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (2018)
• Monitoring Manual Chapter 28: Monitoring and protecting the human rights of women (2018)
• Gender integration into human rights investigations – Guidance and practice (2018)
• Eliminating Virginity Testing: An Interagency Statement (2018)
• Follow-up report on the application of the technical guidance on the application of a HRBA to reduce preventable maternal mortality and morbidity (2018)
• Women and Girls of African Descent, Human Rights Achievements and Challenges
• Reflection Guide for the Judiciary on Applying a Rights-Based Approach to Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal Health and Under-5 Child Health (2017)
• Training Manual for Judges and Prosecutors on Ensuring Women's Access to Justice – CoE with contributions OHCHR - English | Russian
• Joint United Nations statement on ending discrimination in health care settings (2017)    
• Report on the realization of the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl (2017)
• Report on the impact of multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence in the context of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance on the full enjoyment of all human rights by women and girls (A/HRC/35/10)
  
• Developments in Laws - infographics (2017) (English only)
• Women's Rights in Africa (2017) (English only)
• Reflection Guide for Health Workers on Applying a Rights-Based Approach to Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal Health and Under-5 Child Health (2016)
• Tool for the integration of a gender perspective in SGBV-related judgments (Spanish only)
• Infographics on Violence against Women and Education
• Report on attacks against girls seeking access to education (2015)
• A framework to underpin action to prevent violence against women (2015)
• Information Series on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (2015) (available in English and Spanish)
• Reflection Guide for Health Policy Makers on Applying a Human Rights-Based Approach to Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal Health and Under-5 Child Health (2015)
• Reflection Guide for National Human Rights Institutions on Applying a Human Rights-Based Approach to Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal Health and Under-5 Child Health (2015)
• Gender related killing - Ebook (2015)
• Report on attacks against girls seeking access to education (2015)
• Women's Rights are Human Rights
  English | Spanish
• Beijing+20 Review - Human Rights of Women 
• Reproductive Rights are Human Rights: A Handbook for National Human Rights Institutions Published jointly with UNFPA and the Danish Institute for Human Rights 
• Legislation and Analytical Study on so-called honour killings in Palestine
• Fact sheet on HR and human trafficking
• Legislation and Analytical Study on so-called honour killings in Palestine (2014)
• Latin American Protocol for the Investigation of femicide (2014)
  English | Spanish
• Eliminating judicial stereotyping (2014)
• Eliminating forced, coercive and otherwise involuntary sterilization (2014)
• Guidance Note of the United Nations Secretary-General: Reparations for Conflict‐Related Sexual Violence (2014) in:  Arabic | English | French | Spanish
• Report: Progress and obstacles in the fight against impunity for sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (OHCHR/MONUSCO) (2014)
• Report of the Panel on Remedies and Reparations for Victims of Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo to the High Commissioner for Human Rights (2011)
• “The Dust Has Not Yet Settled”: Victims’ Views on The Right to Remedy and Reparation. A Report from the Greater North of Uganda (2011)
• Realizing Women’s Rights to Land (2013)
• OHCHR-Commissioned Report: Gender Stereotyping as a Human Rights Violation (2013)
• Women and the right to adequate housing (2012)
• Preventing Gender Biased Sex Selection (2011)
• Commentary on the Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking (2010)
• Commissioned report by OHCHR on laws that discriminate against women (2008)
• OHCHR Recommended Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Human Trafficking (2002)

One pagers

• Sexual and gender-based violence in the context of transitional justice
• Women Human Rights Defenders
• Gender stereotypes and Stereotyping and women’s
• Women and Detention
• International Instruments concerning Trafficking in persons
• Trafficking in persons
• Gender motivated killings
• Maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights

• Report of the Secretary-General on Programme of activities for the implementation of the International Decade for People of African Descent
• SG report on Child, Early and Forced Marriage
• Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on preventing and eliminating child, early and forced marriage
  Inputs from Nepal
• Summary report of the Human Rights Council Annual Full-Day Discussion on Women’s Human Rights
  English | French
• Responses to the Note Verbale on General Assembly resolution 69/156 on "Child, early and forced marriage"

• Follow-up report on how technical guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to reduce preventable maternal mortality and morbidity has been applied to States and other relevant actors - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, - A/HRC/39/26 (2018)
  ACEFRS
• Engaging men and boys in engaging men and boys in promoting and achieving gender equality, in the context of eliminating violence against women - A/HRC/38/24 (2018)
  ACEFRS
• Update to the Human Rights Council on child, early and forced marriage including in humanitarian settings
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• The realization of the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - A/HRC/35/11 (2017)
  ACEFRS
• Follow-up report on how technical guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to reduce preventable maternal mortality and morbidity has been applied to States and other relevant actors - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, - A/HRC/33/24 (2016)
  ACEFRS
• Summary report on the panel discussion on realizing the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl  - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - A/HRC/30/23
  ACEFRS
• Summary report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the annual-full day of discussion on the human rights of women  - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - A/HRC/30/70
  A CE F R S
• Good practices and major challenges in preventing and eliminating female genital mutilation - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
  A/HRC/29/20
  ACEFRS
• Summary of the recommendations of the panel discussion on gender stereotyping and on women's human rights in the context of sustainable development agenda - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - A/HRC/27/73
  E 
• Summary report on the high-level panel discussion on the identification of good practices in combating female genital mutilation - A/HRC/27/36
  AEFS
• Summary report on the panel discussion on preventing and eliminating child, early and forced marriage - A/HRC/27/34
  ACEFS
• Analytical study focusing on gender-based and sexual violence in relation to transitional justice - A/HRC/27/21
  ACES
• Application of the technical guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to reduce preventable maternal mortality and morbidity - A/HRC/27/20
  ACEFS
• Preventing and eliminating child, early and forced marriage - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights A/HRC/26/22
  A C E F R S
• Report on creating and/or strengthening synergies and linkages on violence against women and girls - A/HRC/23/25
  A C E F R S
• Technical Guidance on the application of a human rights based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes for the reduction of preventable maternal mortality and morbidity (A/HRC/21/22)
  A C E F R S
• Summary of the Human Rights Council panel discussion on the theme of remedies for women subjected to violence (A/HRC/21/65)
  A C E F R S
• Thematic study on the Issue of Violence against Women and Girls and Disability : Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - A/HRC/20/5
  A C E F R S
• Corrigendum - A/HRC/20/5/Corr.1
  E only
• Good and effective practices in adopting a human rights based approach to eliminate preventable maternal mortality and morbidity - Report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (A/HRC/18/27)
  A C E F R S
• Corrigendum - A/HRC/18/27/Corr.1/Rev.1
  A C E F R S
• Good practices in efforts aimed at preventing violence against women- Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - A/HRC/17/23
  A C E F R S
• Integrating the human rights of women throughout the United Nations system - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - A/HRC/12/46
  A C E F R S
• Preventable Maternal Mortality and Morbidity and Human Rights - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights A/HRC/14/39
  A C E R

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