This lawsuit argues that the detention and abuse of women who are unable to pay for maternity services at Kenyan public hospitals is arbitrary, unlawful, and in violation of Kenyan constitutional and international human rights standards. The Center for Reproductive Rights filed this case on December 7, 2012, on behalf of two petitioners who were […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_FH_Kenya_detention.jpg In Pursuit of Justice Imagine you go to the hospital or a doctor’s office and receive the treatment that you need to stay healthy. On your way out the door, you are given a bill. And an ultimatum. If you can’t pay the tab, then you will pay with your freedom. It sounds like […]
European Court of Human Rights Finds Slovakia violated Romani women’s rights (PRESS RELEASE) Today the European Court of Human Rights re-affirmed its recognition of involuntary sterilization of Romani women as a major human rights violation in its ruling in I.G. and Others v. Slovakia. In the significant decision, the court found that sterilization without prior […]
Forced Pregnancy Testing: Blatant Discrimination and a Gross Violation of Human Rights by Onyema Afulukwe, Legal Adviser for Africa at the Center for Reproductive Rights Earlier this month, news spread of a Louisiana charter school’s policy that would have allowed faculty to force any student suspected of being pregnant to take a pregnancy test—and, if […]
Preying on Women Living with HIV/AIDS by Lilian Sepúlveda, Director of the Global Legal Program at the Center for Reproductive Rights https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/crr_HP_img_Lilian_OpEd.jpg For almost a decade, I’ve been working at the Center for Reproductive Rights, a global legal advocacy organization dedicated to advancing and defending reproductive rights. Every day we fight for a future when all […]
One year ago, the Center for Reproductive Rights and our partner, the Uganda Association of Women Lawyers (FIDA – Uganda), submitted a joint letter to the Human Rights Council (the Council), which was about to perform its Universal Periodic Review of Uganda. That letter voiced serious concerns that the government of Uganda, despite being party […]
The U.S. Legal Program, together with the Rebecca Project for Human Rights and Women on the Rise Telling HerStory (WORTH), submitted a letter to Mr. Manfred Nowak, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, on June 18, 2009. The letter describes the U.S. practice of shackling pregnant women during […]
In India, 63,000 women die from pregnancy-related causes every year-more than anywhere else in the world. The causes of maternal mortality are well-known and largely preventable, with malnutrition being a main contributing factor. The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a legal memo in support of the petitioners in People’s Union of Civil Liberties v. Union […]