Center Challenges Brazil’s Record on Maternal Mortality
On November 30, the Center, with Brazilian partner Advocaci, filed Alyne da Silva Pimentel v. Brazil, the first maternal mortality case to be brought before the UN's Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women [...]
Alyne da Silva Pimentel v. Brazil (Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women)
UN Committee Establishes States’ Obligation to Address Maternal Mortality (Updated 3.18.21) In the first-ever maternal mortality case decided by an international human rights body, the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women [...]
Rio Family Takes on Brazil Government for Death of Pregnant Daughter
Center for Reproductive Rights and ADVOCACI file Petition with United Nations for Human Rights Violations Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights and Citizens' Advocacy for Human Rights (ADVOCACI) filed a case in the United Nations [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Applauds Landmark Abortion Decision by European Court of Human Rights
Court finds Poland in violation of human rights and awards EUR 25,000 in case of woman left nearly blind. March 20, 2007 - The European Court of Human Rights held today, for the first time, [...]
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