Causa Justa’s “Party of Freedom” Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of Landmark Ruling in Colombia
The Causa Justa Movement celebrates the Constitutional Court’s historic ruling to decriminalize abortion in Colombia with events and activities.
The Causa Justa Movement celebrates the Constitutional Court’s historic ruling to decriminalize abortion in Colombia with events and activities.
On March 17, 2021, the Center for Reproductive Rights and co-sponsoring organizations made remarks at the UN Human Rights Council commending the United States for supporting recommendations related to sexual and reproductive rights received in the course of its 3rd Universal Periodic Review, and urging robust implementation of the recommendations. The Center for Reproductive Rights […]
Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on the postponement of human rights treaty bodies https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/UN_PR_thumb.jpg In a recent letter to treaty body chairs, Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, announced that due to financial shortfall, sessions of six human rights treaty bodies, including the Human Rights Committee and the Committee on the […]
The goal of this report is threefold: firstly, it presents and evaluates the diverse impacts that the Zika virus has had on the reproductive lives of women living in Colombia. Secondly, this report analyzes the response to the Zika epidemic through both a public health and human rights lens, ultimately finding that there was a […]
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 […]
UNFPA Report Addresses Economic Inequality and the Intersection with Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights European Union Pledges 500 Million Euros Towards Gender Equality Fund (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights commends the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for addressing economic inequality and the intersection with sexual and reproductive health and rights in the […]
Every year, as a result of Ireland’s abortion laws, thousands of women in the country must travel abroad to obtain legal abortion services. With one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the world, Ireland outlaws the procedure in almost all circumstances except to save the life of a pregnant woman. Offering only the bare […]
When Guadalupe took her first job as a domestic worker she had high hopes for her future. She was thrilled to be earning her own money, and often dreamed of the day she would become a mother. Never did she imagine that in an instant her whole world would change so drastically. When Guadalupe was […]
Trump Administration Guts Funding to United Nations Population Fund Latest attack on reproductive health services threatens programs to reduce unintended pregnancies and prevent child marriages (PRESS RELEASE) This week the U.S. State Department announced its decision to eliminate vital support for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the largest multilateral provider of family planning and […]
U.N. Committee: El Salvador Must Repeal Total Abortion Ban (PRESS RELEASE) El Salvador should repeal its total abortion ban and pass a law that decriminalizes abortion in limited circumstances, according to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). In its recommendations, CEDAW called on the government to expedite a proposed […]