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 […]
Edited remarks from a speech given by Susana Chavez of Centro de la Mujer Peruana Flora Tristán at an October 22, 2003 briefing for the U.S. Congress about Breaking the Silence: The Global Gag Rule’s Impact on Unsafe Abortion Introduction My name is Susana Chavez, of the Peruvian women’s organization Flora Tristán. Flora Tristán does […]
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 […]
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
The Center was mentioned in Ms. Magazine about our newly filed case against Peru on behalf of a 16-year-old rape survivor who suffered devastating consequences after being denied an abortion in her country. Her petition has been submitted to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Request an interview or […]
UN Committee Rules Treaty Obligations Guarantee Reproductive Health Services (Updated 3.18.21) The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) ruled that Peru’s failure to guarantee access to essential reproductive health services, including legal abortion, violates international treaty obligations, including the obligation to eliminate discrimination against women in the field of health care and to […]
Government Continues to Refuse Women Access to Legal Abortion https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/hp_peru.jpg Today, a 16-year-old Peruvian rape survivor who suffered devastating consequences after being denied an abortion filed a human rights petition against her government before the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The CEDAW Committee monitors states’ compliance with the Convention […]
K.L. v. Peru: Final Decision Subject Matter: Refusal to provide medical services to the author in connection with a therapeutic abortion which is not a punishable offense and for which express provision has been made in the law. Procedural Issues: Substantiation of the alleged violation – unavailability of effective domestic remedies… https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/KL-HRC-final-decision.pdf