CRR in the Field: Alisha Bjerregaard
Since 1992, the Center's innovative legal work has fundamentally transformed the landscape of reproductive health and rights worldwide, and has already strengthened laws and policies in more than 50 countries. CRR in the Field is [...]
Reproductive Rights are Human Rights (Russian Edition)
Download the Russian edition of Reproductive Rights are Human Rights below. Права-это-Правa.pdf
UN Committee Urges Russia to Fulfill Women’s Rights
During its July session, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) issued its Concluding Observations on the Russian Federation 's compliance with its obligations to respect, protect, and fulfill [...]
Center Puts Pressure on Nigeria to Protect Rights of Children
During its June session, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, which monitors states' implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, released its concluding observations on Nigeria's compliance with [...]
Global Scholars Incubator: May 16-17, 2010
By Rob Stein The Global Scholars Incubator will bring an international group of legal scholars together with key attorneys from the Center for Reproductive Rights to exchange information about legal developments in different countries, catalyze [...]
Reproductive Rights are Human Rights 2009
Women's reproductive rights are essential to realizing a wide range of fundamental human rights. In particular, women's lives, liberty and security, heath, autonomy, privacy, equality and non-discrimination and education, among others, cannot be protected without [...]
Regulating Women’s Bodies, Violating Women’s Rights: Criminal Legislation that Contravenes the Beijing Platform for Action
CSW ORAL SUBMISSION, 54th Session March 1 - 12, 2010 Supporting Organizations: The Center for Reproductive Rights, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Catholics for Choice, Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), Fundación para Estudio e [...]
Beijing+15: No Equality Without Full Enjoyment of Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Rights
In 1995, representatives of 189 governments and more than 2,100 non-governmental organizations attended the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing, where the international community reaffirmed and built upon the commitments set forth within [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
Shadow Letters Bring Reproductive Rights to Light
The Center celebrated the recent concluding observations on Ecuador, Croatia and Moldova from the U.N. Human Rights Committee, which reaffirm the obligation of these states to guarantee reproductive rights. The Committee's concluding observations responded directly [...]
Shadow Letter: Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Egypt (CEDAW)
In 2009, the Center submitted a shadow letter to the CEDAW Committee on the situation of sexual and reproductive rights in Egypt, in preparation for the Committee's review of Egypt at its 45th session. The [...]
Center’s Letter Impacts EU Legislative Process
In December 2008, the Center for Reproductive Rights, together with ASTRA, intervened at a hearing in the European Parliament and held meetings with the European Commission regarding the proposal for a Directive on non-discriminatory access [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
