CEDAW/C/49/D/17/2008
(c) Ensure access to effective remedies in cases where women’s
reproductive health rights have been violated and provide training for the
judiciary and for law enforcement personnel;
(d) Ensure that private health-care facilities comply with relevant
national and international standards on reproductive health care;
(e) Ensure that adequate sanctions are imposed on health professionals
who violate women’s reproductive health rights;
(f) Reduce preventable maternal deaths through the implementation o f
the National Pact for the Reduction of Maternal Mortality at state and
municipal levels, including by establishing maternal mortality committees
where they still do not exist, in line with the recommendations in its
concluding observations for Brazil, adopted on 15 August 2007
(CEDAW/C/BRA/CO/6).
9.
In accordance with article 7, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol, the State
party shall give due consideration to the views of the Committee, together with its
recommendations, and shall submit to the Committee, within six months, a written
response, including any information on any action taken in the light of the views
and recommendations of the Committee. The State party is also requested to publish
the Committee’s views and recommendations and to have them translated into the
Portuguese language and other recognized regional languages, as appropriate, and
widely distributed in order to reach all relevant sectors of society.
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