On November 8, 2011 the European Court of Human Rights issued a judgment in V.C. v. Slovakia, a case of a Romani woman who was sterilized without informed consent. The court found Slovakia in violation of the woman’s right to be free from inhuman and degrading treatment, and right to respect for private and family […]
Today, the European Court of Human Rights found that Slovakia had violated the human rights of eight Roma women who had been denied information about their reproductive health. The women in the case, K.H. and Others v. Slovakia, were unable to get pregnant after delivering children via C-section. Suspecting that they may have been […]
Filing date: April 2007 Country/Region: Slovakia Center Attorney(s): Christina Zampas Partners: 1) International Women’s Human Rights Law Clinic of the City University of New York School of Law, 2) Slovak Family Planning Association, and 3) ProChoice Slovakia
Úvod1. Tieto písomné pripomienky predkladá Centrum pre reprodukčné práva v New York City a Právna klinika medzinárodných ženských ľudských práv pri Právnickej fakulte City University v New Yorku v spolupráci so Slovenskou spoločnosťou pre plánované rodičovstvo a Možnostou voľby, Slovensko.2. Tieto pripomienky vychádzajú z judikatúry Európskeho systému ľudských práv, ako aj z rozhodnutí a zákonov […]
Introduction1. These written comments are submitted by the Center for Reproductive Rights and the International Women’s Human Rights Law Clinic at the City University of New York School of Law, in cooperation with the Slovak Family Planning Association and Slovakia Pro Choice.2. These comments rely on the jurisprudence of the European Human Rights System, as […]