As the Colombian government has tried to restart its aerial fumigation program with a herbicide called glyphosate, the Center for Reproductive Rights has published a report showing that the herbicide used in the program had negative effects on people’s reproductive health and making public policy recommendations to maintain that government program stopped. The Center supports […]
The decision whether or not to have children does not belong to any armed group, to the State or to anyone else but the women themselves. The Center presented this report on reproductive violence to the Colombian Truth Commission that was created after the signing of the peace agreement between the FARC-EP and the Colombian […]
The Center is working with the transitional justice system created in Colombia after the peace agreement in 2016, in order to identify reproductive violence as a structural phenomenon of the country’s local armed conflict. These reproductive violations affected the entire population, not just within the outlawed groups. This study identifies that all parties to the […]
New Research Report by the Center and its Local Partner Shows Negative Effects of Herbicide Used to Eradicate Cocaine Production As Colombia prepares to restart its aerial fumigation program, the Center for Reproductive Rights and its local partners at the Cali, Colombia-based Universidad del Valle have published a research report showing that the herbicide used in the program has negative effects on people’s reproductive health. Using the findings […]
3 de septiembre de 2020 — El Centro de Derechos Reproductivos y la Escuela de Salud Pública de la Universidad del Valle presentan una investigación que revela que la exposición al glifosato puede tener impactos negativos en la salud reproductiva de las personas, por ejemplo: efectos nocivos en la fertilidad, causar abortos involuntarios y posibles […]
September 3rd, 2020 — The Center for Reproductive Rights and the School of Public Health of the Universidad del Valle present an investigation that reveals the negative impacts of glyphosate exposure on people’s reproductive health, for example, harmful effects on fertility, causing miscarriages and possible pregnancy problems. The report says there is “clear evidence of […]
Mientras el gobierno colombiano ha intentado reiniciar el programa de fumigaciones aéreas con glifosato, el Centro de Derechos Reproductivos ha publicado un reporte en el que se demuestra que ese herbicida tiene efectos negativos en la salud reproductiva de las personas y en el que hace recomendaciones de política pública para mantener ese programa gubernamental […]
These cases against Guatemala, Nicaragua and Ecuador were brought on behalf of four girls—each age 14 or younger—who were raped and forced to give birth. The cases argue that by failing to protect these sexual abuse victims, the countries violated their human rights.
After 10 years of wrongful imprisonment after she had a stillbirth, our client Teodora was again denied her freedom. [UPDATE] Following 11 years of wrongful imprisonment after suffering an obstetric emergency, the Salvadoran Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) and the Ministry of Justice and Public Safety commuted Teodora’s sentence and released her today. In their […]