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  • Human Rights Law
  • Public Health Policy
  • Political Economy

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  • Recent decades show progress in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) due to shifts in human rights law.
  • Formal legal mechanisms alone are insufficient for realizing SRHR.
  • Structural factors can impede governmental efforts to establish robust health and justice systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the impact of legal shifts on SRHR realization.
  • To examine structural and political economy factors influencing SRHR.
  • To highlight the evidence base supporting legal transformations in SRHR.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of human rights law evolution.
  • Examination of political economy determinants of SRHR.
  • Review of evidence supporting legal reforms.

Main Results:

  • Improvements in SRHR are linked to legal advancements.
  • Non-legal structural factors pose significant challenges to SRHR realization.
  • Political economy significantly enables or limits States' capacity to ensure SRHR.

Conclusions:

  • Legal progress in SRHR is necessary but not sufficient.
  • Addressing structural and political economy barriers is crucial for effective SRHR implementation.
  • A robust evidence base supports transformative legal changes for SRHR.