CASES
KL v. Peru (U. N. Human Rights Committee)
Maria Mamerita Mestanza Chavez v. Peru (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights)
MM v. Peru (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights)
NEWS
A Tale of Extraordinary Courage: Interview with K.L.
January 2006
The Center interviews K.L., plaintiff in K.L. v. Peru, a case that was brought before the United Nations Human Rights Committee by the Center in partnership with the Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women’s Rights (CLADEM) and the Counseling Center for the Defense of Women’s Rights (DEMUS).
UN Human Rights Committee Makes Landmark Decision Establishing Women's Right to Access to Legal Abortion
November 2005
New York, NY—Today, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) decided its first abortion case, KL v. Peru. The decision establishes that denying access to legal abortion violates women’s most basic human rights.
The Global Gag Rule from the Perspective of the Women’s Movement in Peru
October 2003
Edited remarks from a speech given by Susana Chavez of Centro de la Mujer Peruana Flora Tristán at an October 22, 2003 briefing for the U.S. Congress about Breaking the Silence: The Global Gag Rule’s Impact on Unsafe Abortion.
Women’s Health Experts from Kenya and Peru Speak out on the Impact of the Global Gag Rule
October 2003
International Human Rights Settlement Expected to Improve Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Care in Peru
August 2003
UN Human Rights Committee Petitioned with Reproductive Rights Case
November 2002
PUBLICATIONS
Reports
Silence and Complicity: Violence Against Women in Peruvian Public Health Facilities
This report documents violations of the human rights of women who rely on public health facilities in Peru. The conclusions and recommendations are drawn from an analysis of cases, testimonies, and group interviews that reveal physical, psychological, and sexual violence as well as other practices that violate the rights to information about health care and to make free and informed decisions regarding reproductive health and family planning.
* Also available in video: Produced by the Center for Reproductive Rights in conjunction with The Latin America and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights and narrated by award-winning actress Rita Moreno.
Breaking the Silence: The Global Gag Rule’s Impact on Unsafe Abortion
Breaking the Silence gives a voice to advocates in countries where the global gag rule has impeded their efforts to slow down spiraling rates of unsafe abortion. Researchers from the Center for Reproductive Rights conducted more than 100 in-depth interviews in four countries—Ethiopia, Kenya, Peru, and Uganda—with a broad cross-section of actors including NGOs that have accepted USAID funding and are therefore "gagged" from advocating for abortion.
Read the Peru chapter from Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Lives -- Latin America and the Caribbean
Mas allá del derecho. Justicia y género en América Latina
(available in Spanish only). This book is the first publication of the Red Alas network, a Latin American network of law professors that aims to reform legal education in the region from a gender perspective. The Center for Reproductive Rights supports and is a part of this network.
Read the Peru chapter chapter from
Bodies on Trial: Reproductive Rights in Latin American Courts
Briefing Papers
Shadow Reports
Organizations like the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners play an essential role in providing credible and reliable independent information to international human rights treaty monitoring bodies regarding the legal status and real-life situation of women and the efforts being made by governments to comply with human rights treaties. Shadow reports work to supplement, or "shadow," governments' reports on human rights issues by calling attention to their strides, as well as their setbacks.
Regional Partner Organizations
