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2024-2029: Priorities for EU Action to Advance Gender Equality and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights card link

2024-2029: Priorities for EU Action to Advance Gender Equality and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

The Center's report recommending actions by EU institutions to ensure continued progress on gender equality and SRHR.

SRHR General,Europe, Accountability Bodies, European Human Rights System,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Fact Sheets

Advocating for SRHR at the European Union and the Council of Europe

The Center for Reproductive Rights engages with European multilateral bodies and policy makers to advance respect and protection for sexual and reproductive health and rights. We work to ensure that European Union institutions address shortcomings [...]

Abortion,Europe, European Human Rights System,Engaging Policymakers,Uncategorized

On World Refugee Day, the Center Urges Action to Ensure Women and Girls Fleeing Ukraine Have Access to Essential Sexual and Reproductive Health Care

European governments and the European Union are called on to ensure barriers don’t impede access to critical services.

SRHR General,Europe, Ukraine, European Human Rights System,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Story

Submission on Poland to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (April 2023)

The Center for Reproductive Rights and the Federation for Women and Family Planning submitted updated information to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe regarding Poland’s implementation of three judgments of the European [...]

Abortion,Europe, Poland, Accountability Bodies, European Human Rights System,In the Courts,Documents

Conviction of Polish Human Rights Defender Sets Dangerous Precedent

The Center condemns the conviction of Justyna Wydrzyńska for helping a woman access abortion medication.

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,Europe, Poland, Accountability Bodies, European Human Rights System,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Story
Center and Partners File Third-Party Submissions to European Court of Human Rights in Cases Challenging Poland’s Abortion Restrictions card link

Center and Partners File Third-Party Submissions to European Court of Human Rights in Cases Challenging Poland’s Abortion Restrictions

The Center and international human rights partners intervene in three groups of cases challenging Poland's restrictive abortion law.

Abortion,Europe, Poland, Accountability Bodies, European Human Rights System,Reporting on Rights,Story

European Parliament Calls on U.S. to Protect Abortion Rights

Resolution expresses grave concern about the consequences to women’s rights if the U.S. Supreme Court were to revoke the constitutional right to abortion.

Abortion,Europe, United States, Accountability Bodies, European Human Rights System,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,News

Across Borders: How International and Regional Reproductive Rights Cases Influence Jurisprudence Worldwide

This report by the Center analyzes the legal influence of six landmark cases on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) around the world.

SRHR General,Accountability Bodies, Inter-American Human Rights System, European Human Rights System, United Nations,Publications

Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.

Center’s New Report Shows Legal Influence of Landmark SRHR Cases Across the Globe card link

Center’s New Report Shows Legal Influence of Landmark SRHR Cases Across the Globe

Rulings by international and regional human rights bodies have established lasting legal protections for reproductive autonomy across borders and regions.

Abortion, Maternal Health, SRHR General,Accountability Bodies, Inter-American Human Rights System, European Human Rights System,Reporting on Rights,Story

Regression on Abortion Access Harms Women in Poland

26 January 2022 – One year after the ruling of Poland’s discredited Constitutional Tribunal banning access to abortion in almost all circumstances took effect, its devastating impact on the lives of women and all those [...]

Abortion,Europe, Poland, European Human Rights System,Reporting on Rights,Press Releases

Submission on Poland to Committee of Ministers (February 2021)

02/24/21--Submission by the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Federation for Women and Family Planning of brief supplemental information to the Communication under Rule 9(2) of the Rules of the Committee of Ministers in the cases [...]

Abortion,Europe, Poland, Accountability Bodies, European Human Rights System,In the Courts,Documents

Submission on Poland to Committee of Ministers (January 2021)

01/29/21--The Center for Reproductive Rights and the Federation for Women and Family Planning submit updated information to the Committee of Ministers regarding Poland’s implementation of three judgments of the European Court of Human Rights regarding access to [...]

Abortion,Europe, Poland, European Human Rights System,In the Courts,Documents

Submission to the European Court of Human Rights regarding B.B. v. Poland (ECHR, App. No. 67171/17)

Submission by the Center for Reproductive Rights to the European Court of Human Rights regarding B.B. v. Poland (ECHR, App. No. 67171/17), 24 September 2020

Abortion,Europe, Poland, Accountability Bodies, European Human Rights System,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Documents

Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.