Human Rights-
Components of State’s
related issues
Obligations
Freedom from
Discrimination
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• Sexual and reproductive
health information, goods
and services should be
accessible to all in law
and practice without
discrimination.
• States should adopt
measures to achieve
equality and eliminate
discrimination with
respect to sexual and
reproductive health for
all.
Assessing compliance
• To what extent has State developed
and implemented measures to
eliminate discrimination in the field of
sexual and reproductive health through
policy?
• What steps has the State taken to
ensure that reproductive health services
that only women need, such as services
related to pregnancy, and pregnancy-
related complications, are available,
accessible, acceptable and of good
quality both in law and in practice?
• What steps has the State taken to
eliminate laws or policies that require
third party (e.g., parental, spousal,
or judicial) authorization for access
to s exual and reproductive health
information and services?
• What steps has the State taken
to decriminalize specific forms of
consensual sexual activity, such as
same-sex or extra-marital sexual
activity?
• What measures has the State taken
to prevent or eliminate discriminatory
policies or practices in both the public
and private spheres, such as mandatory
pregnancy testing or policies or practices
that target ethnic or racial minorities
and groups, women living with HIV, or
women with disabilities for involuntary
surgical sterilization?
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