Adolescent SRHR
Center Submission for the Human Rights Committee’s Review of Croatia (2009)
In 2009, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the Human Rights Committee on the situation of sexual and reproductive rights in Croatia. The shadow letter discussed the state’s systematic failure to provide comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education in its schools and the negative impact of this policy on adolescent health. The Center also […]
Human Rights Committee Reviews Croatia
In March and September of 2009, the Center for Reproductive Rights, together with the Center for Education, Counseling and Research (CESI), and Interights, submitted shadow letters on Croatia to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, which reviewed Croatia’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights at its 97th session in October 2009. […]
Croatia is Condemned by European Social Rights Body for Homophobic School Text Books
(PRESS RELEASE) The European Committee of Social Rights, which monitors state compliance with the European Social Charter, has found that Croatia’s limited curriculum covering sex education discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation. The Committee stated that the state has an obligation to ensure that educational materials do not reinforce demeaning stereotypes and perpetuate forms […]
European Committee of Social Rights Decision: Interights v. Croatia
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 […]
U.S.-based Sex-Ed Program Comes Under Fire in International Human Rights Case
Groups Charge Croatia is Endangering Lives of its Young People NEW YORK – Today, a group of advocacy organizations filed the first human rights legal challenge to a faith- based sex-education program with roots in the United States. The Center for Reproductive Rights, Interights, and Centre for Education and Counseling of Women (CESI) submitted the […]
U.S.-based Sex-Ed Program Challenged in International Human Rights Case: Center Charges that Croatia is Endangering the Lives of its Young People
In October 2007, the Center for Reproductive Rights along with partners filed the first human rights legal challenge to a faith-based sex-education program based in the U.S. The program, TeenSTAR, promotes abstinence, discourages the use of contraception, reinforces gender stereotypes, and fosters discrimination against the LGBT community. If the case is successful, it could lay […]