The Center for Reproductive Rights submitted a shadow letter for the review of Ecuador to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) during its 47th Session in December 2011. The letter discusses the government of Ecuador’s failure to ensure freedom from sexual violence in educational institutions for adolescents and its ineffective and limited […]
Los fundamentos jurídicos de los derechos reproductivos de las mujeres se basan en una variedad de derechos humanos reconocidos por el derecho internacional de los derechos humanos. Esta publicación delinea diez de los derechos humanos clave, citados de los principales instrumentos internacionales de derechos humanos, que abarcan y establecen las bases para el reconocimiento de […]
A Girl Who Changed the World, A Victory for Women Everywhere In 2009, a girl from Peru named L.C. demanded justice. Two years earlier, she needed an abortion—had a legal right to abortion—and was denied, suffering irrevocable harm. L.C. wanted to hold an entire government accountable, her doctors responsible, for failing her just when she […]
(REVISED 1.19.22) This case challenges a regulatory scheme that would have gone into effect on November 14, 2011. If enforced, the scheme would prevent the provision of abortion services in any medical establishment that does not meet burdensome and medically unnecessary licensing regulations. Case filed: November 9, 2011 State: Kansas Plaintiff(s): Hodes &, Nauser, MDs, […]
(PRESS RELEASE) Closing the door to massive infringements on women’s reproductive rights in Mississippi, voters in the state rejected today an extreme and dangerous “personhood” measure which would have amended the state’s constitution to define a fertilized egg as a legal person. The ballot initiative held the potential to not only ban abortion under all […]
In October 2011 the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Moldovan Institute for Human Rights (IDOM) submitted a letter to the Country Report Task Forces of the Human Rights Committee. The objective was to encourage the Committee to select issues related to reproductive health and rights of Moldovan women and adolescents for Moldova’s third periodic […]
Human rights, women’s rights and health organizations released a signed letter this week in support of the report by the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Anand Grover, which was presented on October 24, 2011 to the U.N. General Assembly. The report reveals the many human rights violations resulting from criminal laws and […]
El Centro ha terminado la versión en español de su serie de publicaciones, Haciendo de los Derechos una Realidad. Publicado por la primera vez en inglés en 2002, Haciendo de los Derechos una Realidad examina las miles de Observaciones de Conclusión, Comentarios Generales y recomendaciones producidos por los órganos de vigilancia de los tratados internacionales […]
By Laura MacCleery, Director of Government Relations, Center for Reproductive Rights Last week’s vote on the anti-abortion measure, H.R. 358, was a disappointing new low for the House. The heated debate occasioned dueling letters by Rep.’s Jan Schakowsky (D.-Ill.) and the bill’s author, Rep. Joseph Pitts (R.-Penn.), about whether the bill would allow institutions and […]
By Aram Schvey, policy counsel for foreign policy and human rights, Center for Reproductive Rights You don’t ask a vegetarian where to get a great prime rib, or a teetotaler for a single-malt scotch recommendation. You don’t ask a bald man where to get a stylish haircut. So why would federal policymakers defer to a […]