Noting that current restrictions on foreign aid for abortion services go beyond even those imposed by the highly restrictive Helms Amendment—cutting off access to critical and potentially life-saving services for millions of women in the developing world—the Center for Reproductive Rights and Ipas join with the 12 members of Congress who today issued a letter […]
In July 2011, the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) urged the governments of Nepal, Costa Rica, and Zambia to improve their record on reproductive rights. The Center for Reproductive Rights, along with our partners, played an important role by submitting shadow letters that informed the CEDAW Committee’s recommendations. Nepal: Despite […]
“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” That’s the first sentence of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations 63 years ago on December 10. And yet here we are, all these decades later, still fighting tooth and nail to ensure that those […]
The Center for Reproductive Rights submitted a shadow letter for the review of Ecuador to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) during its 47th Session in December 2011. The letter discusses the government of Ecuador’s failure to ensure freedom from sexual violence in educational institutions for adolescents and its ineffective and limited […]
Bogotá – En el 7 de noviembre, el Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación contra la Mujer (CEDAW) condenó a Perú por violar los derechos humanos de una mujer adolescente que requería servicios legales de aborto en el país, y determinó que el Estado debe flexibilizar las restricciones sobre el aborto. En una decisión […]
Los fundamentos jurídicos de los derechos reproductivos de las mujeres se basan en una variedad de derechos humanos reconocidos por el derecho internacional de los derechos humanos. Esta publicación delinea diez de los derechos humanos clave, citados de los principales instrumentos internacionales de derechos humanos, que abarcan y establecen las bases para el reconocimiento de […]
(REVISED 1.19.22) This case challenges a regulatory scheme that would have gone into effect on November 14, 2011. If enforced, the scheme would prevent the provision of abortion services in any medical establishment that does not meet burdensome and medically unnecessary licensing regulations. Case filed: November 9, 2011 State: Kansas Plaintiff(s): Hodes &, Nauser, MDs, […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_spanish_schools_feature.jpg En la última década, miles de niñas y adolescentes latinoamericanas han asistido a la escuela esperando aprender y crecer en un ambiente seguro y confiable. Por el contrario, estas niñas inocentes han sido víctimas de violencia sexual por parte de los profesores, autoridades escolares y el personal encargado de su educación y cuidado. El […]
In October 2011 the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Moldovan Institute for Human Rights (IDOM) submitted a letter to the Country Report Task Forces of the Human Rights Committee. The objective was to encourage the Committee to select issues related to reproductive health and rights of Moldovan women and adolescents for Moldova’s third periodic […]
Over the past decade, thousands of Latin American girls and adolescents have gone to school expecting to learn and grow in a safe, trustworthy environment. Instead, these innocent children have suffered sexual violence at the hands of the teachers, school officials, and staff charged with their education and care. On October 24, 2011, in a […]