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 […]
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
امرأة أرغمت على الاحتفاظ بجنين مشوه تربح الدعوى 17 نوفمبر/تشرين الثاني 2005 نيويورك- اتخذت لجنة حقوق الإنسان في الأمم المتحدة اليوم أول قرار حول الإجهاض في القضية التي رفعتها المدعية ك. ل. ضد حكومة البيرو. ويقول القرار إن الحرمان من سبل الإجهاض القانوني ينتهك أهم حقوق الإنسان الخاصة بالمرأة. وهذه هي المرة الأولى التي تقدم […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/hp_tillerstatements.jpg Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights released statements from some of Dr. George Tiller’s patients in response to his murder on May 31, 2009. Dr. Tiller was one of the country’s only providers who performed abortions later in pregnancy and operated a clinic in Wichita, Kansas. The Center represented these patients in prior litigation. […]
K.L. v. Peru receives a Bronze Gavel at the 2009 Gender Justice Uncovered Awards This week, K.L. v. Peru, the Center’s groundbreaking case establishing that denying access to legal abortion violates women’s most basic human rights, won a 2009 Gender Justice Uncovered Award for promoting gender equality. The Center brought this case before the United […]