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Innovative litigation filed against three countries to protect girls’ rights in Latin America
Geneva (PRESS RELEASE) – Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood Global, Mujeres Transformando el Mundo Guatemala (MTM), Observatorio en Salud Sexual y Reproductiva Guatemala (OSAR), Surkuna Ecuador, Fundación Desafío and Asociación de Mujeres Axayacatl filed a lawsuit with the United Nations Human Rights Committee (the Committee) on behalf of four girls, all survivors of sexual violence from Ecuador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. The cases demand […]
Center for Reproductive Rights Opens New Regional Office in Colombia
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/hp_bogota.jpg (PRESS RELEASE) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights announced the opening of its new regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean in Bogotá, Colombia. The Center has worked in the region for fifteen years, advancing women’s access to reproductive health services, through human rights litigation and the documentation of reproductive rights violations. “We’ve […]
CRR in the Field: Alejandra Cárdenas
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cardenas_inthefeild_2.jpg Since 1992, the Center’s innovative legal work has fundamentally transformed the landscape of reproductive health and rights worldwide, and has already strengthened laws and policies in more than 50 countries. CRR in the Field is a personal look at the various ways Center staff interacts with plaintiffs, policy makers, governing bodies, and supporters at […]
Concluding Observations: Nicaragua, Convention on the Rights of the Child
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UN Urges Governments to Respect Reproductive Rights
12.27.10 – This fall, three UN treaty monitoring bodies urged the governments of Ecuador, Uganda and Nicaragua to take steps to promote, protect and fulfill reproductiv rights. The treaty bodies made these powerful recommendations largely in response to the comprehensive advocacy strategy developed by the Center and its partners. Ecuador: Protect girls from sexual violence […]
UN to Nicaragua: Youth Have the Right to Contraception and Safe Abortion
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/nica_hp.jpg This week, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) sent a clear and urgent message to Nicaragua: adolescents must have access to safe, legal, and confidential sexual and reproductive health services, including contraception and abortion. CRC made these recommendations in response to advocacy by the Center and other groups during […]
Shadow Letter on Nicaragua to the Committee on the Rights of the Child
In September, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the situation of sexual and reproductive rights of children and adolescents in Nicaragua. Nicaragua is reporting to the Committee during its 55th session. The shadow letter highlights Nicaragua’s failure to comply with its obligations under the Convention […]
Civil Society in Central America, Mexico and the Spanish-Speaking Carribean Meet with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health
(Guatemala City – Guatemala, March 23) United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Anand Grover, visited Guatemala City on March 22 and 23 to participate in the civil society consultation for Central America, Mexico and the Spanish-Speaking Caribbean. The Special Rapporteur has previously […]
Challenge to Abortion Law in Nicaragua / Amici (Supreme Court of Nicaragua)
In May 2007, The Center for Reproductive Rights and Yale University’s Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic submitted a joint friend-of-the-court brief to the Supreme Court of Nicaragua. Country/Region: , Nicaragua/LAC Center Attorney(s): , Lilian Sepúlveda and Alejandra Cardenas Partners: Ipas Central America and the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (CENIDH) Summary: , Filed […]