This case, known as the Alaska Personhood Initiative, is a pre-election challenge to the Alaska Lieutenant Governor’s certification of a measure seeking to extend legal rights from the moment of conception. Case filed: 11/23/2009 State: Alaska Plaintiff(s): Victor Fischer, Anne Harrison, Mark Sandberg Center Attorney(s): Janet Crepps Co-Counsel/Cooperating Attorneys: Jeffrey M. Feldman, Feldman Orlansky […]
The Center filed a memorandum of support for Kalyani Meena v. Union of India &, Ors, a case developed in collaboration with the Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) of India in 2008 to address the overwhelming number of preventable deaths of women who die either in pregnancy or childbirth in the north Indian state. Case filed: […]
Attorneys from HRLN conducted a fact-finding mission in 2010 that led to the subsequent withdrawal of the case in favor of refiling based on fresh evidence documenting reproductive rights violations in Bihar. For more information on the refiled case, please see CHARM v. The State of Bihar and Others (2011). Filing Date: January 2009 (Original […]
The Human Rights Council at its 11th regular session adopted a landmark resolution on “Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights.” In this resolution, governments express grave concern for the unacceptably high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity, acknowledge that this is a human rights issue, and commit to enhance their efforts at the […]
As part of our efforts for the approval of the Human Rights Resolution, “Preventable Maternal Mortality and Morbidity and Human Rights,” that was adopted at the 11th session of the Human Rights Council, the Center hosted, together with other organizations, an event at the HRC featuring an expert panel to discuss maternal mortality and human […]
Governments commit to promoting women and girls’ health and rights https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/mm_6.17.09.jpg Geneva – Today, the Human Rights Council at its eleventh regular session adopted a landmark resolution on “Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights.” In this resolution, governments express grave concern for the unacceptably high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity, acknowledge that […]
Réclamons nos droits: Survivre à la grossesse et à l’accouchement au Mali2003 MATERNITÉ SANS RISQUE https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/6.1.2_Surviving_Pregnancy_and_Childbirth_in_Mali_part_one_of_four_fr.pdf https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/6.1.2_Surviving_Pregnancy_and_Childbirth_in_Mali_part_two_of_four_fr.pdf https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/6.1.2_Surviving_Pregnancy_and_Childbirth_in_Mali_part_three_of_four_fr.pdf https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/6.1.2_Surviving_Pregnancy_and_Childbirth_in_Mali_part_four_of_four_fr.pdf
April 11 is National Safe Motherhood Day in India. On this day, the Center for Reproductive Rights calls on India to take urgent measures to reduce the country’s staggering number of maternal deaths and injuries. Over 100,000 women die from pregnancy-related causes each year in India. For every woman who dies, some 30-50 women develop […]
The Center for Reproductive Rights submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for its review of Brazil during its 42nd Session in May 2009. The letter discusses the issue of maternal mortality in Brazil, and its disproportionate effect on Afro-brazilians and rural women. The letter emphasizes that the failure […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/india_report.jpg In a new report, the Center for Reproductive Rights calls for legal action in response to India’s staggering maternal mortality problem. Despite the country’s growing economy and an ambitious rural health initiative, over 100,000 women die from pregnancy-related causes each year, more than anywhere else in the world. Many more suffer debilitating complications that […]