In March and September of 2009, the Center for Reproductive Rights, together with the Center for Education, Counseling and Research (CESI), and Interights, submitted shadow letters on Croatia to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, which reviewed Croatia’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights at its 97th session in October 2009. […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ATHENA-AIDSpub.jpg HIV-positive women increasingly face legal sanctions as a growing number of countries introduce legislation that would criminalize HIV transmission and exposure. This report outlines the ways in which these laws — rather than providing justice — harm and oppress women. The Center for Reproductive Rights assisted in drafting the report as part of the […]
UN Committee Rules Treaty Obligations Guarantee Reproductive Health Services (Updated 3.18.21) The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) ruled that Peru’s failure to guarantee access to essential reproductive health services, including legal abortion, violates international treaty obligations, including the obligation to eliminate discrimination against women in the field of health care and to […]
El caso se refiere a la reiterada discriminación contra personas que viven con VIH Nueva York—El día de hoy la ciudadana chilena F.S., diagnosticada con VIH, demandó al Estado chileno ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos por haber sido esterilizada sin su consentimiento en un hospital público tras dar a luz. , En el […]
Court Joins Global Trend of Loosening Restrictions on Abortion NEW YORK – Today in an 8 to 3 groundbreaking vote, Mexico’s Supreme Court upheld Mexico City’s law making abortion legal in the first trimester, ruling that the Mexico City assembly had the power to legislate over the issue of abortion and recognizing women’s autonomy over […]
The Center Spotlights Reproductive Rights at the XVII International AIDS Conference Human rights, including reproductive rights, must be at the center of the fight against HIV/AIDS. The Center for Reproductive Rights will be taking that message to the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on August 1 – 8. The conference is the world’s […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Bringing-Rts-to-Bear-Cover_3.jpg The Center has completed updating one of its signature publications, Bringing Rights to Bear. Initially published in 2002, Bringing Rights to Bear takes a long, hard look at the thousands of comments, statements, and recommendations produced by UN treaty-monitoring bodies, analyzing their potential for advancing reproductive rights. Our 2008 update, produced as a series […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_paulina.jpg In 1999, 13-year-old Paulina Ramírez became pregnant after she was raped by an intruder in her home in Mexicali, Mexico. Soon after discovering that she was pregnant, Paulina sought an abortion. According to state legislation, rape is one of the permissible exceptions to the criminal law on abortion. Public officials, however, deceived Paulina into […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_paulina_sp_icon_0.jpg In 1999, 13-year-old Paulina Ramírez became pregnant after she was raped by an intruder in her home in Mexicali, Mexico. Soon after discovering that she was pregnant, Paulina sought an abortion. According to state legislation, rape is one of the permissible exceptions to the criminal law on abortion. Public officials, however, deceived Paulina into […]