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China to End One-Child Policy
China to End One-Child Policy (PRESS RELEASE) This week the Chinese government announced plans to allow all married couples to have two children—ending the decades old one-child policy. This move away from the one-child policy is [...]
Centre for Health and Resource Management v. State of Bihar and Others (2011)
CHARM v. State of Bihar and Others is a public interest litigation petition filed in March 2011 by the Center’s partner in India, Human Rights Law Network. It seeks legal accountability from the state government [...]
Kalyani Meena v. Union of India & Ors
The Center filed a memorandum of support for Kalyani Meena v. Union of India &, Ors, a case developed in collaboration with the Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) of India in 2008 to address the overwhelming [...]
Centre for Health and Resource Management v. The State of Bihar & Others (2009)
Attorneys from HRLN conducted a fact-finding mission in 2010 that led to the subsequent withdrawal of the case in favor of refiling based on fresh evidence documenting reproductive rights violations in Bihar. For more information [...]
Ramakant Rai v. Union of India / Amici (Supreme Court of India)
International human rights law protects the rights of women to have access to voluntary sterilization services free of coercion, discrimination, and violence. In April 2004, the Center prepared a legal memorandum on the illegality of [...]
Rights Groups Target Maternal Death in Mali
New Report Asserts Women’s Human Right to Survive Pregnancy and Childbirth Reproductive rights groups in Africa and the US are calling upon the government of Mali to protect the lives of pregnant women, according to [...]
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