https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ATHENA-AIDSpub.jpg HIV-positive women increasingly face legal sanctions as a growing number of countries introduce legislation that would criminalize HIV transmission and exposure. This report outlines the ways in which these laws — rather than providing justice — harm and oppress women. The Center for Reproductive Rights assisted in drafting the report as part of the […]
(Press Release) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights applauded the Colombian Constitutional Court’s decision which strongly reaffirms a woman’s right to seek an abortion in Colombia, a country which until 2006 had outlawed abortion under all circumstances. In 2006, the court ruled that abortion must be permitted when a pregnancy threatens a woman’s life or […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/WA_Map_2007.jpg Currently, 61% of the world’s people live in countries where induced abortion is permitted either for a wide range of reasons or without restriction as to reason. In contrast, about 26% of all people reside in countries where abortion is generally prohibited. This factsheet illustrates the varying degrees to which countries worldwide permit access […]
Seven years ago this month, on September 27, 2002, Nepal took a historic step forward for women by decriminalizing abortion. The Center is now calling on the country to take concrete steps to fulfill its commitment to women’s human rights and health. Nepal’s Constitution Recognizes Reproductive Rights Since 2002, Nepali women have had the legal […]
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 […]
Concluding Observations: Benin_Committee on the Rights of the Child_1999_French https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SRbenin99fr.pdf
Rapport Alternatif: Kenya_African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights_2007_French https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sl_kenya_fren2007.pdf
Concluding Observations: Senegal_CESCR_2001_French https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Senegal-CESCR-2001.pdf
الدستور الكولومبي يطالب الحكومة أن تسمح بالإجهاض في بعض الحالات قرار هام للمحكمة العليا في كولومبيا يصلح أحد أكثر قوانين الإجهاض تقييداً في العالمالدستور الكولومبي يطالب الحكومة أن تسمح بالإجهاض في بعض الحالات11 مايو/أيار 2006في قرار بارز لها، قضت المحكمة العليا في كولومبيا بضرورة السماح بالإجهاض حين يشكل الحمل خطراً على حياة المرأة أو على […]