At the United Nations

Asuntos en enfoque

Ensuring U.S. accountability to human rights standards

04.29.13 -  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…

CEDAW Committee addresses a wide range of reproductive rights violations in its review of Pakistan

04.23.13 -  The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) recently issued concluding observations from its February review of Pakistan's compliance with CEDAW and called out the government for lack of access to health care and policies that routinely ignore…

UN Body Slams Abortion Laws

03.22.13 -  This month, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (the Committee) condemned Hungary for two types of abortion restrictions that are on the rise both in Europe and in the US—mandatory waiting periods and biased counseling laws…

Stopping All Violence

03.13.13 -  Last week, President Obama signed the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which funds support groups for and prosecution of violent crimes against women…

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Releases Report on Torture and Ill-Treatment in Health Care Settings

03.07.13 -  This week, Juan Mendez, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, presented a groundbreaking…

UN Focuses on Reproductive Rights Issues

03.06.13 -  This month, national leaders, diplomats, and human rights defenders from around the world gathered in Geneva to attend the 22nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. This year's agenda touched on a number of issues—including those that are central to the Center's work: …

Review of Ecuador Draws Concern Over Sexual Violence in School Settings

01.15.13 - At the end of November 2012, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) expressed its concern about a systemic pattern of sexual abuse in educational settings, as well as the limited results of judicial investigations to determine responsibility and impose sanctions…

Concluding Observations on Tanzania Recommend a Number of Reforms

01.08.13 -  In August, the Center for Reproductive Rights submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the Committee) regarding sexual and reproductive rights in Tanzania…

UN CEDAW Pushes Chile to Guarantee Rights of Women Living with HIV

11.21.12 -  The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) finished its periodic reports on Chile and, in October, issued concluding…

Costa Rica’s IVF Ban and the Future of Reproductive Rights in Latin America

09.05.12 -  Miguel and Ileana worked together for one year at a car dealership in the late 1980s. They fell for each other in 1989 and in love shortly thereafter. They married in 1992, Ileana's three-year-old little girl took Miguel's last name, and the Yamunis became a family. …

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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