Inter-American Human Rights System
U.N. Security Council affirms Women, Peace and Security Agenda
(New York)–Today, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2493 during the opening moments of the Security Council Annual Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and marks the tenth resolution since the adoption of resolution 1325 in 2000. Said Rebecca Brown, Senior Director of Global Advocacy at the Center for Reproductive Rights: […]
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights files case of Manuela vs. El Salvador before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Bogotá, New York, San Salvador (PRESS RELEASE) — The Center for Reproductive Rights and its local partner in El Salvador, Agrupación Ciudadana para la Despenalización del Aborto, celebrate the decision taken by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to file the case Manuela v. El Salvador before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Manuela’s […]
Submission to the CEDAW for the periodic review of Lithuania (2019)
Joint submission to the Human Rights Committee for the list of issues on Croatia (2019)
Factsheet: Human Rights and ICPD+25
Submission to the CEDAW for the list of issues on Denmark (2019)
Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for the periodic review of Slovakia (2019)
Justice for Evelyn
Justice for Evelyn El Salvador frees woman wrongly accused under repressive abortion laws UPDATE: El Salvador’s attorney general has announced that he is appealing Evelyn’s acquittal. This is the state’s third attempt to prosecute Evelyn for having an obstetric emergency. We will continue to work with our Salvadorian partners to […]