Special Procedures
SRI engages with the UN Special Procedures to influence the content of their thematic work and reports. As independent experts, Special Procedures have a particular role to play in echoing feminist analysis and demands and are sometimes able to do so more freely than other human rights mechanisms. We work in this context to bring an intersectional approach that includes sexual rights and foregrounds a Global South perspective to thematic mandates in their contributions to the development of norms and standards.
We engage with Special Procedures by making submissions to their thematic reports. We also contribute to the debates, discussions and panels with independent experts at the Human Rights Council. We participate in their consultations and connect them with activists at the national level when they undertake country visits. Finally, we support organisations and activists who want to make a complaint through the communication procedure.
Submissions
En este escrito proponemos que el Comité lleve a cabo un análisis interseccional reconociendo que existen sistemas, estructuras e instituciones capacitistas, sexistas y patriarcales que definen lo que se entiende por “productividad” y por “dependencia.” Luego subrayamos cómo el pleno disfrute de los derechos sexuales y reproductivos, entendido en un sentido amplio, implica la redistribución de recursos, legitimidad y poder, condicionando de esa manera el acceso al trabajo y al empleo, así como la posibilidad de conservarlos. A su vez, el acceso al trabajo y al empleo afecta el ejercicio de los derechos sexuales y reproductivos. A modo de conclusión, se proponen cambios estructurales para favorecer el acceso al trabajo y al empleo, así como a los sistemas de salud, educación y protección social.
El presente informe alternativo al Comite de Derechos del Niño (CDN) de Naciones Unidas, para el examen de el Estado de Paraguay, es una contribución conjunta entre la Red Contra Todas Formas de Discriminación de Paraguay, la CDIA - Coordinadora por los Derechos de la Infancia y la Adolescencia de Paraguay, Akahatá - Equipo de trabajo en Sexualidades y Generos, SYNERGIA - Iniciativas para los Derechos Humanos y SRI - Sexual Rigths Iniciative; para el periodo de sesiones 95 del CDN.
La sesión 41° del Examen Periódico Universal comienza el 7 de noviembre y marca el comienzo del cuarto ciclo del EPU. La sesión del grupo de trabajo se desarrollará del 7 al 18 de noviembre. En esta sesión serán examinados 14 países: Bahréin, Ecuador, Túnez, Marruecos, Indonesia, Finlandia, Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte, India, Brasil, Filipinas, Argelia, Polonia, Países Bajos y Sudáfrica. En colaboración con aliades, la SRI colaboró en la preparación de informes sobre Sudáfrica, India, Polonia y Países Bajos.
Presentaciones conjuntas del SRI y de los socios nacionales sobre Uganda, Venezuela y Sudán para el 40º Examen Periódico Universal.
Statements
En el año que acaba de concluir, continuamos destacando el profundo impacto que tienen sobre los derechos sexuales las crisis globales interrelacionadas causadas por el capitalismo mediante el neoliberalismo rampante, el extractivismo sin control y la degradación del clima, el populismo y el nacionalismo violentos, la desigualdad cada vez mayor al interior de los estados y entre ellos, y los sistemas de opresión patriarcal, racista, de clase y capacitista profundamente arraigados. A continuación podrán leer lo más destacado de 2023 en el trabajo de la SRI.En respuesta a la posición nociva de la Relatora Especial de la ONU sobre la violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas, Reem Alsalem, contra el reconocimiento legal del género a través de la autoidentificación, la Iniciativa por los Derechos Sexuales (SRI) ha decidido dejar de relacionarse con esta titular de mandato y alienta a otras organizaciones feministas y activistas a hacer lo mismo.
Entre una sesión del Consejo de Derechos Humanos y la siguiente, activistas, movimientos y organizaciones pueden continuar haciendo incidencia de muchas maneras diferentes en el sistema de derechos humanos de la ONU.
Thematic work on special procedures
While we cover a range of topics related to sexual rights, our current focus through the Special Procedures currently covers the following themes:
Latest news on Special Procedures
What are Special Procedures?
UN Special Procedures are human rights experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate, analyse and report on thematic or country-specific human rights concerns.
UN Special Procedures can take the form of Special Rapporteurs, Independent Experts, or Working Groups. The Special Procedures submit annual reports to the Human Rights Council, respond to communications of urgent human rights violations, undertake country visits, and contribute to developing international human rights norms and standards.
To learn more about the Special Procedures, please visit their website or watch this video produced by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Treaty Monitoring Bodies:
Treaty Monitoring Bodies:
The Treaty Monitoring Bodies are committees of independent experts that monitor the implementation of international human rights treaties.
When States ratify a human rights treaty, they agree to periodically report to the respective Committee on the steps taken to ensure everyone in the State can enjoy the rights set out in the treaty. The Treaty Monitoring Bodies also develop and adopt General Comments or Recommendations to guide States in the implementation of the obligations set out in the human rights treaties.
To learn more about the Treaty Monitoring Bodies, please visit their website or watch this video produced by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Our Work on UN Treaty Bodies
En el año que acaba de concluir, continuamos destacando el profundo impacto que tienen sobre los derechos sexuales las crisis globales interrelacionadas causadas por el capitalismo mediante el neoliberalismo rampante, el extractivismo sin control y la degradación del clima, el populismo y el nacionalismo violentos, la desigualdad cada vez mayor al interior de los estados y entre ellos, y los sistemas de opresión patriarcal, racista, de clase y capacitista profundamente arraigados. A continuación podrán leer lo más destacado de 2023 en el trabajo de la SRI.El presente informe alternativo al Comite de Derechos del Niño (CDN) de Naciones Unidas, para el examen de el Estado de Paraguay, es una contribución conjunta entre la Red Contra Todas Formas de Discriminación de Paraguay, la CDIA - Coordinadora por los Derechos de la Infancia y la Adolescencia de Paraguay, Akahatá - Equipo de trabajo en Sexualidades y Generos, SYNERGIA - Iniciativas para los Derechos Humanos y SRI - Sexual Rigths Iniciative; para el periodo de sesiones 95 del CDN.
Submissions
El presente informe alternativo al Comite de Derechos del Niño (CDN) de Naciones Unidas, para el examen de el Estado de Paraguay, es una contribución conjunta entre la Red Contra Todas Formas de Discriminación de Paraguay, la CDIA - Coordinadora por los Derechos de la Infancia y la Adolescencia de Paraguay, Akahatá - Equipo de trabajo en Sexualidades y Generos, SYNERGIA - Iniciativas para los Derechos Humanos y SRI - Sexual Rigths Iniciative; para el periodo de sesiones 95 del CDN.
What are UN Treaty Bodies?
The Treaty Monitoring Bodies are committees of independent experts that monitor the implementation of international human rights treaties.
When States ratify a human rights treaty, they agree to periodically report to the respective Committee on the steps taken to ensure everyone in the State can enjoy the rights set out in the treaty. The Treaty Monitoring Bodies also develop and adopt General Comments or Recommendations to guide States in implementing the obligations set out in the treaties.
To learn more about the Treaty Monitoring Bodies, please visit their website or watch this video produced by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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UN Mechanisms
The SRI works with the four main UN human rights mechanisms: the Human Rights Council, the Universal Periodic Review, the Special Procedures and the Treaty Monitoring Bodies. Learn about these mechanisms and what they do.
Introduction
The UN human rights system is a collection of mechanisms that work together to:
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Hold States accountable for their human rights obligations
- Discuss and take action on human rights concerns around the world
- Set standards for the promotion, protection, and fulfillment of human rights
The SRI works with the four main UN human rights mechanisms:
- The Human Rights Council
- The Universal Periodic Review
- The Treaty Monitoring Bodies
- The Special Procedures
Human Rights Council
The Human Rights Council is the foremost inter-governmental body charged with protecting and promoting human rights.
47 UN Member States are elected by the UN General Assembly to serve on the Human Rights Council for a three-year term. All 193 UN Member States can participate in the proceedings of the Human Rights Council; however, only the 47 Members are entitled to vote on actions to be taken.
The Human Rights Council is mandated to:
- Engage governments, civil society, and experts to debate, discuss, and adopt resolutions on thematic and country-specific human rights concerns.
- Appoint Special Procedures to analyze and report on human rights related to particular themes and in specific countries.
- Assess the human rights records of all 193 UN Member States through the Universal Periodic Review.
- Examine human rights violation complaints.
The Human Rights Council meets three times a year for regular sessions in March, June, and September at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland.
To learn more about the Human Rights Council, please visit its website or watch this video produced by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Universal Periodic Review
The Universal Periodic Review is an inter-governmental process where each of the 193 UN Member States are reviewed on their entire human rights record every four and a half years.
All UN Member States are reviewed on an equal basis and with the same frequency. States under review are provided an opportunity to update the UN Human Rights Council on the steps taken to fulfill their human rights obligations at the national level. During this process, UN Member States also make recommendations to the State under review to improve the implementation of human rights obligations at the national level.
To learn more about the Universal Periodic Review, please visit its website or watch this video produced by UPR-Info.
Click here to review a collection of the SRI’s collaborative UPR stakeholder submissions.
Special Procedures
UN Special Procedures are human rights experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate, analyze and report on thematic or country-specific human rights concerns.
UN Special Procedures can take the form of Special Rapporteurs, Independent Experts, or Working Groups. The Special Procedures submit annual reports to the Human Rights Council, respond to communications of urgent human rights violations, undertake country visits, and contribute to the development of international human rights norms and standards.
To learn more about the Special Procedures, please visit their website or watch this video produced by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Click here to learn more about our work at the Special Procedures
Treaty Monitoring Bodies
The Treaty Monitoring Bodies are committees of independent experts that monitor the implementation of international human rights treaties.
When States ratify a human rights treaty, they agree to periodically report to the respective Committee on the steps taken to ensure everyone in the State can enjoy the rights set out in the treaty. The Treaty Monitoring Bodies also develop and adopt General Comments or Recommendations to guide States in the implementation of the obligations set out in the human rights treaties.
To learn more about the Treaty Monitoring Bodies, please visit their website or watch this video produced by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Click here to learn more about our work at the Treaty Monitoring Bodies
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