A women's right to Decide? The United Nations Human Rights Committee, Human Rights of Women, and Matters of Human Reproduction. pp. 97 - 116.

Although the international human rights system of the United Nations builds on the idea of equality in dignity and human rights of all human beings, critique has been heard that the system is andocentric and mainly protects these rights for men. If this is true, it indicates that the system may not address concerns related to the process of human reproduction, concerns that highly influence the enjoyment of human rights by women. The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action called upon the monitoring bodies of the international human rights treaties to include human rights of women in their deliberatrions and findings. This article explores whether the Hyman Rights Committee includes human rights related to reproductive concernes of women in its work. It argues that although the Human rights Committee pays some attention to reproductive issues that effect women, it does not often acknowledge individual rights in this respect and as such does not fully promote and protect their dignity and human rights in this field.