IPPF Charter of Sexual and Reproductive Rights

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The IPPF Charter of Sexual and Reproductive Rights formulates sexuality-related legal claims based on general human rights . It was passed by the General Assembly of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) in November 1995 and serves as a binding ethical framework for all member organizations worldwide. The World Population Conference in Cairo and the Fourth UN World Conference on Women in Beijing had given the impetus to adopt the principles of these conferences.

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The charter defines the principles of the IPPF that apply worldwide. It was developed as part of the IPPF's strategic planning ( Vision 2000 ). According to the preamble , the aim is to give the IPPF member associations “security and clarity” from the IPPF's point of view about the “fundamental rights of people with regard to their sexual and reproductive life”. The first principle set out in the Charter is:

“Sexuality is an essential part of every person's personality. For this reason, positive framework conditions must be created within which every person can claim all sexual rights as part of their development. "

The charter postulates twelve sexual and reproductive rights . Each of these rights was taken from existing international human rights documents. Documents cited include the Universal Declaration of Human Rights , the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights , the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child .

The Charter names these points:

  1. The right to live.
    It is mentioned here, among other things, that pregnancy should not expose a woman's life to a risk or danger, and that no child's life should be exposed to a risk or danger because of its gender.
  2. The right to freedom and security of the person.
    For this purpose, among other things, the right of all women is formulated not to be exposed to any form of genital mutilation .
  3. The right to equality and not to face any form of discrimination.
  4. The right to privacy.
  5. The right to freedom of thought.
  6. The right to information and education.
  7. The right to choose freely for or against marriage and to start and plan a family.
  8. The right to decide whether and when the birth of one's own children is desired.
  9. The right to health care and protection.
  10. The right to benefit from scientific progress.
  11. The right to freedom of assembly and political participation.
  12. The right to protection from torture and ill-treatment.

Legal entity

The Charter only sees legal entities in persons : “According to international law, persons are human beings who are born; see Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 'All people are born free and equal with dignity and rights'. "

meaning

Karen Newman and Judith M. Helzner, who worked on the creation of the charter, see it as a paradigm not only for women's rights, but for human rights as a whole. Alice M. Miller points out that the IPPF Charter makes particular use of the term sexual rights to argue that pre-existing rights would protect certain sexual activities and expressions if those rights were applied.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Guedes, A .; Bott, S .; Güezmes, A .; Helzner, JF (2002) Gender-Based Violence, Human Rights, and the Health Sector: Lessons from Latin America. Health and Human Rights 6: 177-193
  2. ↑ a b IPPF Charter of Sexual and Reproductive Rights, 1996 (German); Preamble / Introduction
  3. ↑ Quoted in: Jörg M. Fegert u. a. (Ed.): Sexual abuse of children and adolescents , VS Springer 2014, ISBN 978-3-662-44244-9 , introduction, p. 35
  4. ↑ Newman, K .; Helzner, JF (1999). IPPF Charter on Sexual and Reproductive Rights . Journal of Women's Health & Gender-Based Medicine. 8 (4), pp. 459-463. doi : 10.1089 / jwh.1.1999.8.459 .
  5. ^ Yale Scholl of Public Health: Profile Alice M. Miller
  6. ^ A. M Miller: Sexual but Not Reproductive: Exploring the Junction and Disjunction of Sexual and Reproductive Rights. Reproductive. in: Health Hum Rights. 2000, 4 (2), pp. 68-109, PMID 10796971 .