LEADER 05009oam 2200697I 450 001 9910463257603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-135-92601-8 010 $a0-203-68421-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203684214 035 $a(CKB)2670000000395623 035 $a(EBL)1319029 035 $a(OCoLC)854521040 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001012696 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12442291 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001012696 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11053011 035 $a(PQKB)11294887 035 $a(OCoLC)853554678 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1319029 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1319029 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10736659 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL761879 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000395623 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aMaternal mortality, human rights and accountability /$fedited by Paul Hunt and Tony Gray 210 1$aOxon [England] :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (255 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-138-88480-4 311 $a0-415-53458-5 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; PART I Conference Presentations; 1 Maternal mortality: an overview; 2 Citizen monitoring to promote the right to healthcare and accountability; 3 The role of indicators and benchmarks in reducing maternal mortality: the case of emergency obstetric care indicators; 4 What are maternal death audits? A Sri Lankan case study; 5 The role of national and international courts: human rights litigation as a strategy to hold states accountable for maternal deaths 327 $a6 The role of national human rights institutions in monitoring human rights: a case study of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights7 A human rights-based approach to maternal mortality in the United States; 8 Enhancing international accountability for maternal mortality and morbidity: the work of civil society at the United Nations Human Rights Council; 9 Postscript: towards ending preventable maternal deaths; PART II Additional Resource Material on Maternal Mortality, Human Rights and Accountability, using extracts from key documents 327 $a10 Human rights, constructive accountability and maternal mortality in the Dominican Republic: a commentary11 Accountability and the right to the highest attainable standard of health; 12 Toward transformative accountability: applying a rights-based approach to fulfill maternal health obligations; 13 Human Rights Council Resolution 11/8: preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights (2009); 14 Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights (2010) 327 $a15 Concise technical guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to the implementation of policies and programs to reduce preventable maternal morbidity and mortality16 Global strategy for women's and children's health; 17 A review of global accountability mechanisms for women's and children's health; 18 Working Group on Accountability for Results: final paper; 19 Keeping promises, measuring results; 20 Realising sexual and reproductive health rights in Kenya: myth or reality? Report of the public inquiry into violations of sexual and reproductive health rights in Kenya 327 $a21 The role of litigation in ensuring women's reproductive rights: an analysis of the Shanti Devi judgment in India22 Human rights accountability for maternal death and failure to provide safe, legal abortion: the significance of two groundbreaking CEDAW decisions; Index 330 $aThe scale of maternal mortality and morbidity today is staggering. This book focuses on a vital part of a human rights response to maternal mortality, viz. accountability. Accountability encompasses monitoring, review and redress at the local, national and international levels. The book's context includes the UN Human Rights Council maternal mortality and morbidity resolutions, as well as Millennium Development Goal 5. It comes out of a roundtable conference held in Geneva during 2010 that examined maternal mortality, human rights and accountability and provided a forum where maternal healt 606 $aMaternal health services 606 $aHuman rights 606 $aMothers$xMortality 606 $aLiability (Law) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMaternal health services. 615 0$aHuman rights. 615 0$aMothers$xMortality. 615 0$aLiability (Law) 676 $a362.1982 701 $aGray$b Tony J$0948755 701 $aHunt$b Paul$0948756 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463257603321 996 $aMaternal mortality, human rights and accountability$92144755 997 $aUNINA