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In July 2014, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (the Committee), which monitors states’ implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, released its concluding observations on Malawi, urging the government to take immediate steps to address reproductive rights violations. The Center for Reproductive Rights (the Center) had submitted a shadow letter to […]
The UN Human Rights Committee recently criticized Peru for a wide range of reproductive rights violations, including highly restrictive abortion legislation and a high rate of maternal mortality. During its 107th session in March 2013, the Human Rights Committee reviewed Peru’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and issued Concluding Observations […]
Last week, President Obama signed the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which funds support groups for and prosecution of violent crimes against women. VAWA has made an enormous impact over the years, and sexual violence against women and girls has plummeted by more than 60 percent in the United States during the […]
In the last months of 2012, two human rights bodies issued their findings on Peru, including several issues that have an impact on the country’s reproductive rights landscape. In both instances, the Center for Reproductive Rights had provided input that was accepted and incorporated into the findings. United Nations Human Rights Council: Universal Periodic Review […]
In April 2011, the Center and more than 9 Peruvian organizations and international organizations submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights assessing the situation of sexual and reproductive rights of women and adolescents in Perú. Perú is scheduled to report to the Committee’s pre-sessional working group during its 46th […]
UN Committee Rules Treaty Obligations Guarantee Reproductive Health Services (Updated 3.18.21) The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) ruled that Peru’s failure to guarantee access to essential reproductive health services, including legal abortion, violates international treaty obligations, including the obligation to eliminate discrimination against women in the field of health care and to […]
Peru Admits Responsibility for Violating Abuse Victim’s Human Rights (Updated 03.18.21) Before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Peru admitted its international responsibility for violating the human rights of a woman who was drugged and raped by a public health service doctor when she was seeking medical services. The Peruvian government compensated the victim, admitted responsibility for violating her rights under international law, and took steps to improve its legal and administrative policies on sexual violence M.M., a […]