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Letter regarding Spanish abortion law reform

The Center together with 21 other international and national NGOs today called on Spain’s ruling Popular Party to withdraw a bill that would force 16 and 17-year-old girls to obtain the consent of their parents [...]

Abortion,Europe, Spain,Engaging Policymakers,Documents

Breaking Ground: Treaty Monitoring Bodies on Reproductive Rights

Breaking Ground: Treaty Monitoring Bodies on Reproductive Rights, an annual publication from the Center for Reproductive Rights, summarizes the jurisprudence from United Nations treaty monitoring bodies on reproductive rights, particularly the standards on maternal health care, [...]

Abortion, Contraception, Maternal Health,Accountability Bodies, United Nations,In the Courts,Documents

Shadow Letter to CAT on the United States

The Center for Reproductive Rights, Women Enabled International, and the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health prepared this letter to assist the Committee against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT [...]

Abortion, Maternal Health, Coercive Policies,United States, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,At the United Nations,Documents

Shadow Letter to the CEDAW Committee on Sierra Leone

The Center and L.A.W.Y.E.R.S. submitted this shadow letter to the CEDAW Committee during its 57th session in connection with its review of Sierra Leone. This letter highlights Sierra Leone’s obligation to guarantee all women reproductive [...]

Abortion, Contraception, Maternal Health,Africa, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,At the United Nations, Engaging Policymakers, In the States (USA),Documents

Reproductive Injustice: Racial and Gender Discrimination in U.S. Health Care

When it ratified the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), the United States committed to ensure the right to health care free from all forms of racial discrimination to [...]

Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care, Maternal Mortality,United States, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,At the United Nations, Reporting on Rights,Documents

The Human Rights Committee Urges Malawi to Safeguard Sexual and Reproductive Rights

In July 2014, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (the Committee), which monitors states’ implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, released its concluding observations on Malawi, urging the government to take [...]

Abortion, Legal Protections, Legal Restrictions, Other Barriers, Adolescent SRHR, Contraception, Emergency Contraception, Legal Protections, Legal Restrictions, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Africa, Malawi, Latin America & Caribbean, Peru, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,At the United Nations, Reporting on Rights,Documents

Abandoned and Stigmatized: The Impact of the Irish Abortion Law on Women

           

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,Europe, Ireland, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,In the Courts, At the United Nations, Engaging Policymakers, Around the World, Reporting on Rights,Documents

Shadow Letter on the Holy See to the Committee against Torture

The Center prepared this letter to assist the Committee against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT Committee) during the 52nd Session in its review of the Holy See’s compliance with [...]

Abortion, Other Barriers,Europe, Latin America & Caribbean, United States,At the United Nations,Documents

Ireland’s Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,Europe, Ireland, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,At the United Nations,Documents

Shadow letter to the Human Rights Committee for its adoption of list of issues for Ireland

In August 2013 the Center for Reproductive Rights submitted a letter to assist the Pre-Sessional Working Group of the Human Rights Committee in its formulation of issues for Ireland’s coming review under the International Covenant [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,Europe, Ireland, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,At the United Nations,Documents