Right to Sexual and Reproductive Health Education 2016
access to age‐appropriate and culturally sensitive education and information
on SRH to its citizens is obligated upon any nation who has embraced the
named conventions and treaties.
2.3.1 Specific rights relevant to sexual and reproductive health recognized by
Conventions
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Right to the highest attainable standard of health.
Right to life and survival.
Right to liberty and security of person.
Right to be free from torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
Right to decide freely and responsibly the number and spacing of one’s
children and to have the information and means to do so.
Right of women to have control over and decide freely and responsibly
on matters related to their sexuality, including sexual and reproductive
health, free of coercion, discrimination and violence.
The same right of men and women to marry only with their free and
full consent.
Right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications,
and to consent to experimentation.
Right to privacy.
Right to participation.
Right to freedom from discrimination (on the basis of sex, gender,
marital status, age, race and ethnicity, health status/disability).
Right of access to information.
Right to education.
Right to freedom from violence against women.
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REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION FROM A RIGHTS PERSPECT