Briefing Papers

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Amicus Brief: Gauer and Others v. France

10.21.11 - In August 2011, the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners filed an amicus brief to the European Court of Human Rights in support of Joëlle Gauer and Others —five women with mental disabilities in France who were forcibly sterilized—arguing that forced sterilization constitutes…

Defenders of Sexual Rights and Reproductive Rights: a Briefing Paper to the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders

07.26.11 - In June 2009, the Center for Reproductive Rights, in collaboration with Human Rights Watch and CLADEM, submitted a briefing paper to the newly appointed Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, Ms. Margaret Sekaggya…

Briefing Paper: The Right to Contraceptive Information and Services for Women and Adolescents

03.14.11 - Around the world, the unmet need for safe and effective contraceptive services is staggering: Roughly 215 million women in developing countries rely on traditional contraceptive methods with high failure rates or do not use a contraceptive…

Reproductive Rights Violations as Torture and Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatm

Reproductive Rights Violations as Torture

03.04.11 - Far too often, women suffer violations of their reproductive rights that inflict tremendous physical and psychological pain…

Using the Millennium Development Goals to Realize Women's Reproductive Rights

01.30.09 - Using the Millennium Development Goals to Realize Women's Reproductive Rights…

Bringing Rights to Bear: Preventing Maternal Mortality and Ensuring Safe Pregnancy

01.14.09 - The Center has completed updating one of its signature publications, Bringing Rights to Bear…

Bringing Rights to Bear: Rights Within Marriage and the Family

01.14.09 - The Center has completed updating one of its signature publications, Bringing Rights to Bear…

Bringing Rights to Bear: Female Genital Mutilation and Other Harmful Practices

01.14.09 - The Center has completed updating one of its signature publications, Bringing Rights to Bear…

Bringing Rights to Bear: Abortion and Human Rights

01.14.09 - The Center has completed updating one of its signature publications, Bringing Rights to Bear…

Bringing Rights to Bear: Freedom from Violence is a Human Right

02.01.08 - The Center has completed updating one of its signature publications, Bringing Rights to Bear…

Bringing Rights to Bear: The Human Right to Information on Sexual and Reproductive Health

01.01.08 - The Center has completed updating one of its signature publications, Bringing Rights to Bear…

Bringing Rights to Bear: Family Planning is a Human Right

01.01.08 - The Center has completed updating one of its signature publications, Bringing Rights to Bear…

Bringing Rights to Bear: Human Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS and Other Sexually Transmissible Infections (STIs)

01.01.08 - The Center has completed updating one of its signature publications, Bringing Rights to Bear…

"Partial-Birth" Abortion Ban Legislation: By State

02.01.04 - On June 28, 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Nebraska ban on so-called “partial-birth abortion,” finding it an unconstitutional violation of Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that guaranteed women's right to choose abortion. The Supreme Court's decision in Stenberg v.…

Trends in Reproductive Rights: East Central Europe

12.01.01 - Trends in Reproductive Rights: East Central Europe…

Displaced and Disregarded: Refugees and their Reproductive Rights

10.01.01 - Displaced and Disregarded: Refugees and their Reproductive Rights…