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House Committee Votes to Gag Overseas Health Groups on Abortion, Threatening Women’s Lives

07.21.11 - (PRESS RELEASE) A vote by the House Foreign Affairs Committee to reimpose the Global Gag Rule threatens women’s health and lives and undermines basic American values, say advocates at the Center for Reproductive Rights, a global advocacy organization that promotes…

Center’s shadow letter to the ESCR Committee on The Russian Federation

07.12.11 - In April 2011 the Center for Reproductive Rights and the All Russian Family Planning Association (currently known as Russian Association for Population and Development - RAPD) submitted a shadow letter to the 46th session of the Committee on Economic, Social and…

Center’s shadow letter to the ESCR Committee on The Republic of Moldova

07.12.11 - In April 2011 the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Moldovan Institute for Human Rights (IDOM) submitted a shadow letter to the 46th session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR Committee) on the situation of women…

Supplementary information on reproductive rights in Peru for the 46th session of the CESCR

04.29.11 - In April 2011, the Center and more than 9 Peruvian organizations and international organizations submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights assessing the situation of sexual and reproductive rights of women and adolescents in Perú…

Fact Sheet: Nepal Supreme Court’s Landmark Decision Upholding the Right to Abortion

04.26.11 - The Center has authored a new fact sheet on an important decision from the Supreme Court of Nepal in the case of Lakshmi Dhikta v.…

CEDAW Committee Expresses Concern over Bangladesh

03.29.11 - In February, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) urged Bangladesh to immediately address critical reproductive health issues…

CEDAW Committee Reviews Kenya

03.29.11 - In January, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) issued strong recommendations on steps the Kenyan government needs to take to improve the reproductive rights of women and girls in Kenya.  The Committee’s statements echoed many of…

Center’s shadow letter to the CEDAW Committee on Kenya

03.29.11 - In December 2010, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) on the situation of reproductive rights of women and adolescents in Kenya. Kenya reported to the CEDAW Committee during its 48th session in January 2011…

Concluding Observations from the CEDAW Committee on Kenya

03.29.11 - In December, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) highlighting the situation of women and adolescents’ sexual and reproductive rights in Kenya.  The Committee issued concluding observations to Kenya that…

Our Work in Focus

Ensuring U.S. accountability to human rights standards
An important component of the Center's work is ensuring that the United States lives up to its human rights commitments related to reproductive rights. The U.S…
Peru: The Long March to Justice
Six years ago this week, the Center for Reproductive Rights won a groundbreaking victory for the women of Peru and around the world . For the first time, an international human rights body condemned a country for failing to provide abortion services that were both legal and essential to the health of a woman, violating her fundamental human rights in the process…

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