Accountability Bodies

In The Spotlight

Fact Sheet: A, B and C v. Ireland

05.22.12 - In 2005, three women challenged the Irish law on abortion after being forced to travel abroad to obtain an abortion. The Irish law currently only allows abortion when a woman's life is in danger, and this exception is vague and difficult to interpret…

United Nations Adopts Groundbreaking Resolution on Young People’s Reproductive Health

05.01.12 - Late Friday, the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD) issued a bold resolution supporting young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights…

Center Issues Oral Statement before U.N. on Adolescents’ Reproductive Rights

04.23.12 - This week, the United Nations Commission on Population and Development holds its 45^th session…

Alyne da Silva Pimentel v. Brazil (Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women)

Vo. v. France (European Court of Human Rights)

MM v. Peru (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights)

Paola Guzmán Albarracín v. Ecuador (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights)

Resources

Legal Grounds II: Reproductive and Sexual Rights in African Commonwealth Courts

Adolescents Need Safe and Legal Abortion

Female Genital Mutilation: A Matter of Human Rights An Advocate's Guide to Action

Bringing Rights to Bear: Abortion and Human Rights

Beijing+15: No Equality Without Full Enjoyment of Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Rights

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