tehran PROCLAMATION of 1968
Reproductive rights were not mentioned in any part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. They only became a subcategory of human rights in the Tehran Proclamation of 1968, a product of the first International Conference on Human Rights.
Paragraph 16 states: "the protection of the family and of the child remains the concern of the international community. Parents have a basic human right to determine freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children."
The Tehran Proclamation marks the first time that reproductive rights are officially recognized as a human right by an intergovernmental organization.
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Paragraph 16 states: "the protection of the family and of the child remains the concern of the international community. Parents have a basic human right to determine freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children."
The Tehran Proclamation marks the first time that reproductive rights are officially recognized as a human right by an intergovernmental organization.
Click here for the full text of the Tehran Proclamation of 1968
- Proclamation of Teheran. United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law, 2009. Web. 23 Nov. 2012.<http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/pdf/ha/fatchr/fatchr_e.pdf>.