A/65/162 Contents Page I. II. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A. Patriarchalism and control of sexuality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 B. Sexuality, health and education: three interdependent rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 C. Concept and scope of the human right to education for sexuality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 D. The right to sexual education: its relationship to other rights and the need for a gender and diversity perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 The right to comprehensive sexual education in international human rights law . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 A. III. IV. 10-46213 Standards for the human right to sexual education in the context of United Nations human rights treaties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 B. The human right to comprehensive sexual education and women’s human rights . . . . . . 10 C. Other international standards and initiatives of relevance to the human right to comprehensive sexual education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Situation of the right to comprehensive sexual education from the viewpoint of State responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 A. Trends observed by region and by country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 B. Analysis by perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 C. The role of families and the community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Conclusions and recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3