Concluding Observations: Thailand_CEDAW_2006_English
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Concluding Observations: Bangladesh_Committee on the Rights of the Child_2003_Spanish https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/XSL_CO.Bangladesh2003.pdf
Shadow Letter: Bangladesh_Committee on the Rights of the Child_2003_English https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sl_Bangladesh_2003.pdf
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/WA_Map_2007.jpg Currently, over 60% of the world’s people live in countries where induced abortion is permitted either for a wide range of reasons or without restriction as to reason. In contrast, about 26% of all people reside in countries where abortion is generally prohibited.The table below illustrates the varying degrees to which countries worldwide permit […]
European Court of Human Rights Sets Standards for the Rights of Adolescents to Reproductive Health Services (Updated 04.01.21) The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Poland violated an adolescent’s human rights when her access to a legal abortion after being sexually assaulted was repeatedly obstructed. The Court, for the first, time addressed the special vulnerability of adolescents in need of abortion care and confirmed young people’s […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/indian_article.jpg Salenta Singh suffered a debilitating injury after she went to a public hospital in Uttar Pradesh, India to give birth—and was left alone while in labor. She gave birth to her first five children at home in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh without any complications. But when, in February 2007, she went to […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2014-07-23-at-2.55.28-PM.png This report, produced by the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Forum for Women, Law and Development, documents human rights abuses arising from Nepal’s abortion law. The report examines violations of women’s rights relating to the abortion ban, as well as violations that occur in the enforcement of the law. Based on interviews with […]
A public health activist in India has taken the state of Madhya Pradesh to court over the staggering number of women in the state who die during pregnancy and childbirth. The public interest lawsuit was brought in July 2008 by Sandesh Bansal, the coordinator of Jan Adhikar Manch, a network of local health NGOs. The […]
In September 2005, the Center filed an amicus brief on behalf of Tysiac—a visually impaired Polish woman who was denied access to legal abortion on health grounds—arguing for States’ duty to ensure effective access to legal abortion by establishing appeals and review mechanisms for medical decisions about abortion, regulating the practice of conscientious objection, and […]