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Derechos reproductivos: Una herramienta para monitorear las obligaciones de los Estados
Esta herramienta permite a los expertos que supervisan el cumplimiento de las normas jurídicas internacionales de derechos humanos evaluar el cumplimiento de las obligaciones específicas de los Estados en materia de derechos reproductivos. En primer [...]
Brazilian Lawmakers Hear Testimony Regarding Discrimination Against Women Seeking Maternal Health Care
Brazilian Lawmakers Hear Testimony Regarding Discrimination Against Women Seeking Maternal Health Care (PRESS RELEASE) Two years after the United Nations declared Brazil responsible for the death of an Afro-Brazilian woman —calling on the State to provide [...]
Access to EC in Latin America Takes Center Stage at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Access to EC in Latin America Takes Center Stage at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Center for Reproductive Rights Participates In Public Hearing Addressing Restrictions on Emergency Contraception at the 149th Period of Sessions [...]
Despite Country’s Own Laws, Costa Rica Continues to Deny Women Legal Abortion
Despite Country’s Own Laws, Costa Rica Continues to Deny Women Legal Abortion Center for Reproductive Rights brings second case of human rights violations in Costa Rica to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (PRESS RELEASE) [...]
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Orders El Salvador Government to Allow Pregnant Woman with Critical Complications Access to Life-saving Health Care
IACHR Orders El Salvador Government to Allow Pregnant Woman Access to Life-Saving Health Care (PRESS RELEASE) Just hours after the Salvadoran Supreme Court denied a potentially life-saving abortion for a woman with serious complications in [...]
Salvadoran Supreme Court Denies Woman Life-Saving Abortion
Salvadoran Supreme Court Denies Woman Life-Saving Abortion (PRESS RELEASE) The Supreme Court in El Salvador ruled today that a woman facing serious health complications in her pregnancy cannot have an abortion that could save her [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Implores Supreme Court of El Salvador To Authorize Emergency Abortion for Woman Facing Life-Threatening Complications
CRR Implores Supreme Court of El Salvador To Authorize Emergency Abortion for Woman Facing Life-Threatening Complication (PRESS RELEASE) “Beatríz” (a pseudonym) is a 22-year old Salvadoran woman who is 5 months pregnant and experiencing severe [...]
Causas Pendientes: Expediente de Manuela
Manuela, una mujer salvadoreña de bajos recursos económicos, murió de cáncer a los 33 años de edad mientras pagaba una condena de 30 años de prisión por el delito de homicidio agravado, tras haber sufrido [...]
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Human Rights Committee Calls Out Peru for Highly Restrictive Abortion Law
The UN Human Rights Committee recently criticized Peru for a wide range of reproductive rights violations, including highly restrictive abortion legislation and a high rate of maternal mortality. During its 107th session in March 2013, [...]
Salvadorian Woman Imprisoned For Abortion Pardoned and Freed
Center for Reproductive Rights Applauds Judge’s Decision, Repeats Call for Reversal of El Salvador’s Cruel and Destructive Abortion Ban (PRESS RELEASE) A Salvadoran judge has granted pardon to “Mery” (a pseudonym), a 27-year-old woman with [...]
In Front of the UN, Peru Recognizes Need to Guarantee Certain Reproductive Rights
In the last months of 2012, two human rights bodies issued their findings on Peru, including several issues that have an impact on the country's reproductive rights landscape. In both instances, the Center for Reproductive [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
