Report of expert meeting on good practices, gaps and challenges in the application of a human rights-based approach to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity in humanitarian settings

Summary

The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 39/10. As requested in that resolution, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights organized a two-day meeting on 7 and 8 May 2019 in Geneva to discuss good practices, gaps and challenges in the application of a human rights-based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to reduce preventable maternal mortality and morbidity in humanitarian settings. The present report is a summary of the discussions which took place at that meeting.