Report of International Conference on Human Rights
Monday, June 30, 2014 at 12:37PM
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In conformity with General Assembly resolution 65/234 and the related concept note for the ICPD beyond 2014 review, the ICPD Beyond 2014 International Conference on Human Rights was held in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, from 7 to 10 July 2013. 

Organized by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Government of the Netherlands, the conference brought together over 300 participants from 127 UN Member States, civil society organizations, academia, parliamentarians, human rights defenders, young people, and service providers, as well as United Nations agencies. 

Under the tagline “All Different, all Human, all Equal”, the conference provided a unique platform for meaningful dialogue amongst the diverse range of participants to address human rights commitments and identify opportunities to strengthen the operational links between human rights and implementation of the Programme of Action, with a particular emphasis on sexual and reproductive health and rights and their intersection with gender equality. Together participants identified positive human rights developments over the past 20 years, highlighted success stories and lessons learned, remaining gaps and challenges, as well as and emerging issues and priorities for the future and ways forward to ensure that the ICPD beyond 2014 agenda, as well as the broader development agenda beyond 2015, advance the realization of human rights without discrimination. 

The report is available in its entirety,in official UN format, here.

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