In the Courts
Submission on Poland to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (April 2023)
The Center for Reproductive Rights and the Federation for Women and Family Planning submitted updated information to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe regarding Poland’s implementation of three judgments of the European Court of Human Rights regarding access to legal abortion and associated reproductive health care and information: Tysiąc v. Poland (App. […]
The Latin American Green Wave Takes Los Angeles
Center and movement partners lead activities to bring attention to reproductive rights issues in Latin America.
In Ruling by Inter-American Court of Human Rights, New Legal Protections for Pregnant Women
In case involving the death of a pregnant woman in Argentina, Court requires states across Latin America to adopt policies to prevent obstetric violence.
El Salvador debe acelerar implementación de la Sentencia de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos sobre emergencias obstétricas
San Salvador, 13 de diciembre de 2022. A finales de 2021 la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Corte IDH) condenó a El Salvador por el caso #ManuelaJusticiayEsperanza y estableció que la prohibición absoluta del aborto ha impactado desproporcionadamente a las mujeres que sufren emergencias obstétricas. Un año más tarde, el Estado salvadoreño ha avanzado muy […]
African Committee Recommends Tanzania Reform Policies That Barred Pregnant Girls from School
Ruling by ACERWC in case brought by the Center and its partner marks a victory for adolescent girls in Tanzania and beyond.
Caso Eulogia Guzmán y su hijo Sergio Vs. Perú
Eulogia es una mujer campesina y quechuahablante que quería tener un parto vertical y en casa, conforme a sus tradiciones y de la misma forma que había tenido a sus otros cinco hijos. Sin embargo, el Estado peruano desconoció sus prácticas culturales frente al embarazo y parto al forzarla a dar a luz en un […]
Eulogiamanta Sergio wawanmantawan Peru suyuman churapakusqankumanta
Eulogia is a Quechua woman who wanted to have a vertical birth according to her traditions and in the same way she had delivered her other five children, but the Peruvian government ignored her cultural practices regarding pregnancy and afterbirth care. Sergio, the baby, was diagnosed with a functional diversity that led to multiple disabilities […]
Case of Eulogia Guzmán and her son Sergio v. Peru
Eulogia is a Quechua woman who wanted to have a vertical and home birth according to her traditions and in the same way she had delivered her other five children. However, the Peruvian state disregarded her cultural practices regarding pregnancy and childbirth by forcing her to give birth in a health center, abandoning her during […]
Submissions to the European Court of Human Rights in the cases of K.B. v. Poland and 3 other applications; K.C. v. Poland and 3 other applications; A.L.- B. v. Poland and 3 other applications; M.B. v. Poland and 4 other applications; and I.Z. v. Poland and 4 other applications
The Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners have filed third-party submissions to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to intervene in four groups of cases filed by 19 women challenging Poland’s highly restrictive abortion law. The submissions outline the implications and harms of abortion restrictions on persons who can become pregnant. They were […]