Opinion by the Center and its partners argues that care—including caring for others, being cared for and self-care—should be considered a universal and autonomous human right.
A publication on the benefits of abortion decriminalization for girls and adolescents in Colombia.
La Corte IDH notificó el pasado 19 de octubre de 2021 una resolución de supervisión de cumplimiento en el caso de Paola Guzmán Albarracín. El tribunal señaló que aún están pendientes de cumplimiento las medidas de no repetición.
In a landmark ruling in Paola Guzmán Albarracín v. Ecuador, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights established legally binding standards to prevent sexual violence and harassment in schools throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, and held Ecuador responsible for failing to protect Paola Guzmán Albarracín, an Ecuadorian girl who was sexually abused by the vice-principal […]
These cases against Guatemala, Nicaragua and Ecuador were brought on behalf of four girls—each age 14 or younger—who were raped and forced to give birth. The cases argue that by failing to protect these sexual abuse victims, the countries violated their human rights.
Teodora Is Free Our client Teodora was released from prison this month. She was unjustly imprisoned for 11 years under El Salvador’s inhumane abortion law after suffering a stillbirth. Watch our video about Teodora’s release, then share it with your friends and urge them to join the fight to free the remaining […]
After 10 years of wrongful imprisonment after she had a stillbirth, our client Teodora was again denied her freedom. [UPDATE] Following 11 years of wrongful imprisonment after suffering an obstetric emergency, the Salvadoran Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) and the Ministry of Justice and Public Safety commuted Teodora’s sentence and released her today. In their […]
Hundreds gathered to mark the Center’s quarter-century of “conscience, heart, and courage” in the fight for women’s health and rights. When almost 500 guests gathered on Tuesday night for the 25th Anniversary Celebration for the Center for Reproductive Rights, they had much to celebrate. The event commemorated not only a year of important victories in the face of extraordinary challenges, but a quarter century of progress in the fight for […]
Inter-American Commission Holds Hearing On Forced Sterilization Of Chilean Woman Living With HIV (PRESS RELEASE) Reproductive health and human rights advocates gathered in Washington D.C. for a hearing in the case of F.S., a Chilean woman living with HIV who was sterilized without her consent. During the hearing at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights – […]