TY - BOOK AU - Hunt,Paul AU - Gray,Tony TI - Maternal mortality, human rights and accountability SN - 9780415534581 (hbk.) AV - RG 940 M38.2013 PY - 2013/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Maternal health services KW - Servicios de salud materna KW - Human rights KW - Derechos humanos KW - Mothers KW - Mortality KW - Madres - KW - Mortalidad KW - Liability (Law) KW - Responsabilidad legal N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice; Maternal mortality : an overview / Francisco Songane -- Citizen monitoring to promote the right to health care and accountability / Ariel Frisancho Arroyo -- The role of indicators and benchmarks in reducing maternal mortality : the case of the emergency obstetric care indicators / Samantha Lobis -- What are maternal death audits? : A Sri Lankan case study / Hiranthi Wijemanne -- The role of national and international courts : human rights litigation as a strategy to hold states accountable for maternal deaths / Ximena Andion Ibañez -- The role of national human rights institutions in monitoring human rights : a case study of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights / Winfred Lichuma -- A human rights based approach to maternal mortality in the United States / Nan Strauss and Rachel Ward -- Enhancing international accountability for maternal mortality and morbidity : the work of civil society at the United Nations Human Rights Council / Sandeep Prasad -- Postscript. Towards ending preventable maternal deaths / Flavia Bustreo -- Human rights, constructive accountability and maternal mortality in the Dominican Republic : a commentary / L.P. Freedman -- Accountability and the right to the highest attainable standard of health / Helen Potts -- Towards transformative accountability : applying a rights-based approach to fulfil maternal health obligations / Alicia Ely Yamin -- Human Rights Council Resolution 11/8 : preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights (2009) -- Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for human rights on preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights (2010) -- Concise technical guidance on the application of a human rights based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to reduce preventable maternal morbidity and mortality / Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights -- Global strategy for women's and children's health / United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon -- A review of global accountability mechanisms for women's and children's health / The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health -- Working group on accountability for results : final paper / Commission on Information and Accountability for Women's and Children's Health -- Keeping promises, measuring results / Commission on Information and Accountability for Women's and Children's Health -- Realising sexual and reproductive health rights in Kenya : a myth or reality? : Report of the public inquiry into violations of sexual and reproductive health rights in Kenya / Kenya National Commission on Human Rights -- The role of litigation in ensuring women's reproductive rights : an analysis of the Shanti Devi judgement in India / Jameen Kaur -- Human rights accountability for maternal death and failure to provide safe legal abortion : the significance of two ground-breaking CEDAW decisions / Eszter Kismödi ... [et al.] ER -