A/HRC/27/31

The present technical guidance is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 24/11. The aim of the technical guidance is to assist States and non-State actors to improve the realization of the rights of the child by providing guidance on addressing mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age in accordance with human rights standards. It outlines the key elements of a human rights-based approach to reducing child
mortality and morbidity, provides guidance for operationalizing such an approach, and includes an illustrative example of how it can be applied.

Date: 
Monday, 30 June 2014
Document Type: 
UN Documents
Document Title: 
Technical guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to reduce and eliminate preventable mortality and morbidity of children under 5 years of age
Symbol Code: 
A/HRC/27/31