August 2000 The abortion laws of East and Central Europe/former Soviet Union (“ECE region”) are among the most liberal in the world. Many ECE countries allow women to obtain an abortion upon request up to the 12th week of pregnancy, and up to 22 weeks for socio-economic and medical reasons. Since the mid-1990’s, nationalist and […]
The A.S. v. Hungary complaint was filed under the Optional Protocol to CEDAW on behalf of a Hungarian woman of Roma origin who was coercively sterilized in a public hospital. The complaint was filed jointly by the Budapest-based Legal Defense Bureau for National and Ethnic Minorities (NEKI) and the European Roma Rights Center (ERRC), and […]
The case challenged the sexual education curriculums in Croatia that are religious and ideology-based models. Such programs, while claiming to provide youth with tools to lead healthier and more moral lives, have failed to provide adolescents with objective, accurate and scientifically-based information on key reproductive health issues, including contraception, abortion and sexually transmitted diseases, including […]
Filing date: November 26, 2003 Country/Region: France Center Attorney(s): Christina Zampas Summary: In November 2003, the Center filed an amicus brief with the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Vo v. France. The case arose from an incident involving a French doctor who mistakenly ruptured a pregnant woman’s amniotic sac when he […]
In April 2005, the Center filed an amicus brief with the European Court of Human Rights in support of a woman, D., who alleged that Ireland’s prohibition of abortion constitutes a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights. Filing date: April 2005 Country/Region: Ireland Plaintiff(s): D., a woman who was pregnant with twins, decided […]
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