From: When accountability meets power: realizing sexual and reproductive health and rights
Identifying which sexual or reproductive rights have been violated | |
 • Identify the elements of the rights violated and identify the problems that led to the violation | |
 • Identify the factors that led to the victim’s mortality or morbidity e.g. age, existing conditions; knowledge of rights; access to services; availability of services needed at the facility | |
Responsibilities of the duty bearer | |
 • Assess whether the government (identify which body of the government in particular) may be accused of failing to: | |
  o provide the required services; | |
  o attend to the underlying determinants of health; | |
  o invest in programs to raise awareness of sexual and reproductive health rights; | |
  o take concrete, targeted steps to realise the right; | |
  o provide information and opportunities for residents to participate in decision-making regarding the quality and provision of services; and | |
  o uphold other human rights including the right to education. | |
Applicable national laws and policies | |
 • Do the policies show how the government is planning to extend health care to all areas? | |
 • What information about SRHR services and disease burden is available? | |
 • Are there statistics relating to the district or local levels? | |
 • Does this information show discrimination in favour of cities or areas where richer people live? | |
 • What are the main causes of SRHR related mortality reported in the census or demographic health data? | |
 • Does the government have plans and projects to deal with these? | |
 • What is the condition of SRHR services in the area where the victim resides? | |
 • Are they adequately staffed and equipped? | |
 • Is there a system for making a complaint about health services? | |
 • What has the government done to provide or improve SRH services? | |
Actions or omissions violating SRHR | |
 • What national law (if any) has been broken and how? | |
 • What regional and international standards apply? | |
 • Which human rights obligations has the government failed to carry out? | |
 • Under which article of the law or treaty? | |
Refer, as appropriate, to General Comment 14, 22 or other sources or to relevant decisions of national courts or accountability mechanisms. |