Latin America & Caribbean

Chile

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The Center at CSW 2009

03.12.09 - Why should reproductive rights be on the HIV/AIDS agenda? How do we hold governments accountable for the rights violations HIV-positive women suffer every day? The Center, drawing on its expertise in human rights law and reproductive healthcare, brought these issues to the table at the 2009 meeting of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).  …

Forcibly Sterilized Woman Files International Case against Chile

02.03.09 - New York—Today, a woman diagnosed with HIV filed a complaint against Chile before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, an international human rights body, charging that the government failed to…

Mujer esterilizada sin su consentimiento presenta demanda contra Chile en foro internacional

02.03.09 - Nueva York—El día de hoy la ciudadana chilena F.S., diagnosticada con VIH, demandó al Estado chileno ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos por haber sido esterilizada sin su consentimiento en un hospital público tras dar a luz.  En el recurso, presentado en nombre de F.S., de…

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