United Nations S
pecial
Procedures Working
with Reproductive
Rights
Mandate
Special Rapporteur on
the right of everyone
to the enjoyment of
the highest attainable
standard of physical and
mental health
Focus on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of
the highest attainable standard of physical and mental
health, as reflected in Article 25, paragraph 1, of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 12 of the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights, Article 24 of the Convention on the Rights of the
Child and Article 12 of the Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, as well as
on the right to non-discrimination as reflected in Article 5
(e) (iv) of the International Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.7
Special Rapporteur
on violence against
women, its causes and
consequences
Within the framework of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights and all other international human rights
instruments, including the Convention on the E
limination
of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and
the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against
Women,8 focus on violence against women.
Special Rapporteur on
the right to education
Focus on the right to education, as laid down in Article
26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in
the relevant and applicable provisions of the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.9
Special Rapporteur on
trafficking in persons
especially women and
children
Focus on the human rights aspects of the victims of
trafficking in persons, especially women and children.10
7 Commission on Human Rights resolution 2002/31.
8 Commission on Human Rights resolution 1994/45.
9 Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998/33.
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