Case at United Nations Human Rights Committee Seeks to Ensure Access to Abortion in Honduras
After becoming pregnant as a result of rape, an indigenous woman and human rights defender was denied emergency contraception and abortion care and was forced to give birth against her will.
Honduras fue denunciado ante el Comité de Derechos Humanos de la ONU por la prohibición absoluta del aborto vigente en el país
Fausia, una mujer indígena y defensora de derechos humanos fue víctima de violación sexual a modo de represalia por la defensa de su territorio y, como consecuencia, resultó embarazada. Honduras violó sus derechos humanos [...]
Honduras has been brought before the United Nations Human Rights Committee for its ban on abortion
Fausia, an indigenous woman and human rights defender, was raped as reprisal for defending her territory and consequently became pregnant. Honduras violated her human rights by imposing pregnancy and forced motherhood on her, due to [...]
UN Side Event: The Impacts of Poverty and Criminalization on Abortion Access
Watch online this March 12 event being held at UN Headquarters during the 68th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Joint Statement from Civil Society on the 75th Anniversary of the UDHR
Joint statement issued by civil society organizations and human rights defenders on the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), a milestone document proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948 [...]
UN Event to Discuss the Weaponization of Disinformation Against Women
Register for this October 13 event—being held both in-person and online—featuring the Center's Martin Onyango, Associate Director of Legal Strategies for Africa.
The Center Engages with Policymakers Around the World at UN General Assembly Meetings
The Center’s global delegation promotes sexual and reproductive health and rights issues at the UNGA’s High-Level Week events.
Legal Retrogression and the Harms of Louisiana’s Near Total Abortion Bans: A Report to the Human Rights Committee 139 Session, United States
This human rights “shadow report,” jointly submitted by four organizations to the UN Human Rights Committee, represents early findings from fact-finding research underway in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana, where abortion is prohibited at [...]
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Retrogression in U.S. Reproductive Rights: The Ongoing Fight for Reproductive Autonomy
This human rights “shadow report” was submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee on September 12, 2023 by a coalition of fifteen reproductive rights, health, and justice organizations in preparation for a review of U.S. [...]
Center Joins in Commemorating International Women’s Day at the United Nations
Center leaders speak at sessions of the UN Human Rights Council and Commission on the Status of Women.
UN Side Event: Technology and the Future of Gender Equality and SRHR
Watch this March 8 panel being held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
UN Adopts Resolutions to Protect Gender and Reproductive Rights
Center works with partners to provide technical support to governments in UN negotiations to protect the rights of women and girls.
UN Body Urges U.S. to Ensure Abortion Access and Culturally Respectful Maternal Health Care in Efforts to Eliminate Racial Discrimination
Center joins delegation of Black and Indigenous leaders in Geneva, Switzerland to hold the U.S. accountable for human rights violations.
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
