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Defensoras del derecho al aborto finalistas al Premio Sájarov del Parlamento Europeo a la Libertad de Conciencia card link

Defensoras del derecho al aborto finalistas al Premio Sájarov del Parlamento Europeo a la Libertad de Conciencia

En un nuevo reconocimiento de los derechos reproductivos - y en particular el derecho al aborto - como derechos humanos, las y los miembros del Parlamento Europeo tres aliadas del Centro de Derechos Reproductivos que [...]

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Manuela’s family needs El Salvador to ask for forgiveness

Despite a 2021 ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Manuela v. El Salvador that established standards throughout Latin America to help protect women seeking reproductive health care, including abortion, the Limited Times [...]

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Manuela es justicia y esperanza

Con una fiesta popular y la instalación de un memorial dedicado a Manuela, las organizaciones defensoras de los derechos de las mujeres iniciaron una campaña para reivindicar el nombre de todas aquellas que fueron criminalizadas [...]

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Un año después de la sentencia de Manuela, las mujeres en El Salvador siguen en riesgo de ser encarceladas por emergencias obstétricas

Cuatro mujeres fueron denunciadas en los últimos meses, después de buscar atención de urgencia en el sistema de salud. Los hechos son similares a los del caso Manuela, por el que El Salvador fue condenado [...]

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El Salvador debe acelerar implementación de la Sentencia de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos sobre emergencias obstétricas

Un año después de la sentencia en el caso de Manuela, no se identifican acciones definitivas del Estado para proteger a las mujeres y resguardar el secreto profesional médico. En El Salvador, entre los años [...]

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Another Woman Unjustly Convicted due to Pregnancy Complication is Released in El Salvador 

03.29.2022 (PRESS STATEMENT) – In El Salvador, another woman—of the many unjustly convicted for homicide after an accusation of a suspected abortion—was released after serving more than 13 years in prison. Maritza, whose full name [...]

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Sentence Commuted of Woman Convicted for Abortion Crime in El Salvador

Fifth woman to be released since December after legal action by the Center for Reproductive Rights and Other Organizations

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A Fourth Woman Is Released From El Salvador Prison

A fourth woman has been released from prison in El Salvador after being unjustly prosecuted under the country's strict abortion law.

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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Inter-American Court of Human Rights Ruling Will Help Protect Women Seeking Reproductive Health Care, Including Abortion card link

Inter-American Court of Human Rights Ruling Will Help Protect Women Seeking Reproductive Health Care, Including Abortion

Ruling in case brought by the Center and partners holds El Salvador responsible for the death of Manuela, a woman imprisoned after an obstetric emergency.

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Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos condena a El Salvador y ordena reformas para que las mujeres no sean criminalizadas por acceder a salud reproductiva

1 de diciembre de 2021 — El Centro de Derechos Reproductivos y la Colectiva Feminista para el Desarrollo Local, con el acompañamiento de la Agrupación Ciudadana por la Despenalización del Aborto, lograron que la Corte [...]

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Inter-American Court of Human Rights Orders El Salvador to Reform Policies That Criminalize Women for Accessing Reproductive Health Care

11.30.2021 – (PRESS STATEMENT) Today, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights announced a ruling in the case of Manuela v. El Salvador ordering the State of El Salvador to reform its legal and health care [...]

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Ruling: Manuela v. El Salvador (Inter-American Court of Human Rights)

Read the full ruling in the case Manuela v. El Salvador.

Abortion, SRHR General,Latin America & Caribbean, El Salvador,In the Courts,Case Document

Amicus Work: Latin America and the Caribbean

Case of Britez Arce et. al. v. Argentina Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2022) Issue: Obstetric violence in Latin America and the Caribbean Center Position: Obstetric violence is a form of gender-based violence. This case [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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