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Center and Partners Call on Europe and Broader International Community to Address the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Women and Girls Impacted by the Conflict in Ukraine
In a Call to Action, the Center for Reproductive Rights joined more than 60 human rights organizations to urge the European Union, Member State governments, the United Nations, other donor governments, and the broader international [...]
Resolución de supervisión de cumplimiento en el caso de Paola Guzmán Albarracín
La Corte IDH notificó el pasado 19 de octubre de 2021 una resolución de supervisión de cumplimiento en el caso de Paola Guzmán Albarracín. El tribunal señaló que aún están pendientes de cumplimiento las medidas de no repetición.
Slovakia joint civil society letter
Letter to the Slovak Parliament on behalf of 110 organizations, including the Center for Reproductive Rights, regarding a draft bill entitled Návrh skupiny poslancov Národnej rady Slovenskej republiky na vydanie zákona o pomoci tehotným ženám, [...]
Paola’s Case: Inter-American Court of Human Rights
In a landmark ruling in Paola Guzmán Albarracín v. Ecuador, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights established legally binding standards to prevent sexual violence and harassment in schools throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, and [...]
Ecuador’s President Issues Public Apology for Teenager’s Death in Landmark Sexual Violence Case
President Lenín Moreno of Ecuador today held a public act of recognition of responsibility for the sexual violence suffered by teenager Paola Guzmán Albarracín that led her to suicide nearly two decades ago. The apology [...]
Europe Update: Abortion Rights at Risk in Poland and Slovakia
Recent developments in Poland and Slovakia demonstrate the ongoing struggle to defend abortion rights against coordinated and systemic attacks on sexual and reproductive rights across the world. Poland Update: On Wednesday, January 27, 2021, Poland’s government published an announcement from [...]
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Roma Women Speak Out
Roma women share their experiences of discriminatory treatment in reproductive health care settings in Slovakia. Segregation. Racial harassment. Physical restraint and neglect during childbirth. Roma women in Slovakia speak about their experiences of discrimination and [...]
Review of Ecuador Draws Concern Over Sexual Violence in School Settings
Review of Ecuador Draws Concern Over Sexual Violence in School Settings At the end of November 2012, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) expressed its concern about a systemic pattern of sexual [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.