2021 EU-NGO Human Rights Forum to Feature Center Executives
2021 EU-NGO Human Rights Forum to feature executives from the Center for Reproductive Rights.
2021 EU-NGO Human Rights Forum to feature executives from the Center for Reproductive Rights.
12.03.2021 – On 2 December 2021, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe issued a issued a decision strongly urging Poland to adopt, without further delay, long overdue clear and unified procedures for access to lawful abortion care and information. The decision expresses serious concerns about Poland’s longstanding failure to comply with the European Court […]
Letter to the Slovak Parliament on behalf of 110 organizations, including the Center for Reproductive Rights, regarding a draft bill entitled Návrh skupiny poslancov Národnej rady Slovenskej republiky na vydanie zákona o pomoci tehotným ženám, Print no. 665 (31.08.2021) that the Parliament will discuss at the October session. The letter expresses concern that if adopted […]
For Immediate Release (Brussels, October 19, 2021) – Women, girls, and all pregnant people have faced extreme barriers to accessing legal abortions in the year since a Constitutional Tribunal ruling virtually banned legal abortion in Poland, 14 human rights organizations said today. Since the ruling, women human rights defenders have also faced an increasingly hostile and dangerous environment. Poland’s authorities should […]
Denouncing the Texas law as “a strong attack on women’s freedom,” the European Parliament passes an “urgency resolution” and calls on the U.S. to protect abortion access.
“Reproductive Rights of Romani Women and Girls,” a virtual panel discussion featuring leading Romani women activists, will be held on Tuesday, September 28, with registration open to the public. The event is part of 2021 EU Romani Week, which aims to provide recommendations to EU and national policymakers to effectively address antigypsyism and structural discrimination […]
Application by Sarah Jane Eware for Judicial Review (Reference No: 2018/60061/01) High Court of Northern Ireland (2019) Issue: Prohibition and criminalization of abortion. Center’s position: The prohibition and criminalization of abortion in Northern Ireland violated the right to privacy under national and European human rights law. Sarah Ewart claimed that her right to private life, […]
The Center for Reproductive Rights works with human rights defenders and civil society organizations across the region to address the entrenched discrimination and inequalities faced by marginalized groups in Europe in the sphere of sexual and reproductive health and rights. In particular, we are supporting efforts to effectively address discrimination against Roma women and undocumented […]
In recent years there have been repeated attempts to roll back legal and policy protections for gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights in parts of Europe. In a number of different countries, legislative, constitutional, and judicial processes have been used to introduce new restrictions on access to abortion, to halt recognition for […]
The European Parliament passed today a resolution affirming that sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are fundamental human rights that must be upheld by European Union (EU) Member States.