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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Organization of American States

Rapporteurship on the Rights of Women

 

Direct Link to Full 34-Page Report:

http://cidh.org/women/SaludMaterna10Eng/MaternalHealth2010.pdf

 

OEA/Ser.L/V/II.

Doc. 69

7 June 2010

Original: Spanish

 

ACCESS TO MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES FROM A HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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I.       INTRODUCTION

 

 

II.       PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO PERSONAL INTEGRITY IN THE AREA OF MATERNAL

HEALTH AND BARRIERS IN ACCESS TO THESE SERVICES

 

 

III.      DUTIES OF THE STATES TO ENSURE THAT WOMEN HAVE ACCESS TO MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION

 

 

         A.        The principles of equality and non-discrimination

 

 

B.       Duties of the States to ensure that women have access to maternal health services without discrimination

 

 

IV.            RECOMMENDATIONS