Filing date: November 26, 2003 Country/Region: France Center Attorney(s): Christina Zampas Summary: In November 2003, the Center filed an amicus brief with the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Vo v. France. The case arose from an incident involving a French doctor who mistakenly ruptured a pregnant woman’s amniotic sac when he […]
Concluding Observations: South Africa_CEDAW_1998_English https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SRSouthAfrica98en.pdf
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/awid_o8_article.jpg Many of the most dramatic advances in reproductive rights have resulted from partnerships between local advocates and international ones such as the Center. At this year’s AWID International Forum on Women’s Rights and Development, the Center and its partners will share how their collaborations have created new opportunities for action and transformed politics and […]
The Center for Reproductive Rights calls on President Bush to sign the bill repealing the Global Gag Rule. The President has repeatedly stated his commitment to cultivating democracy abroad and should therefore, take this opportunity to take action that reflects that promise, and repeal the policy. The Global Gag Rule, also known as the Mexico […]
European Court of Human Rights Rules Poland’s Denial of Legal Reproductive Care Violates Human Rights (Updated 4.01.21) The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Poland’s failure to ensure the applicant’s timely access to prenatal diagnostic examinations and information, which would have enabled her to decide whether or not to seek a legal abortion, violated her rights under the European Convention […]
In July 2004, in a case that could have undermined abortion rights across Europe, today the European Court of Human Rights refused to treat a fetus as a person under the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The Court upheld a 1999 decision by France’s highest court in the case […]
Commissioner for Human Rights Calls on Slovak Government to Accept Responsibility for Failing to Protect Women from Illegal Sterilizations and to Enact Laws to End Practice On October 29, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe concluded that “it can reasonably be assumed” that Romani women in Slovakia were sterilized without their […]
At the conclusion of a criminal investigation tainted by strong-arm tactics, the Slovak Deputy Prime Minister of Human Rights and Minorities Pál Csáky rejected the findings of a human rights report that documented 110 cases of Romani women who were forcibly and coercively sterilized in public hospitals in eastern Slovakia. “The continued harassment and intimidation […]
Statement of Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights “Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a $15 billion HIV/AIDS plan aimed at combating the AIDS pandemic internationally over the next five years. We applaud the House’s decision because U.S. financial commitment to providing access to effective prevention, treatment, and care for people living with […]