New Litigation Filed to Decriminalize Abortion in Nepal
Petition at the Supreme Court of Nepal seeks to hold government accountable for its commitments to abortion rights and access.
Petition at the Supreme Court of Nepal seeks to hold government accountable for its commitments to abortion rights and access.
Sessions aim to strengthen the capacity of young leaders to advance legal protections for sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Published collaboratively by Center for Reproductive Rights and South Asia Reproductive Justice and Accountability Initiative (SARJAI), this paper outlines the existing public health standards and the current human rights standards on abortion including medical and self-managed abortions.
Nepal accepts recommendations from its Universal Periodic Review before the UN Human Rights Council to protect the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls.
The joint submission made by the Center and its local partners in July 2020 for Nepal’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council.
The Supreme Court of Nepal has issued several positive judgments and landmark decisions in the field of reproductive health and rights. These judgments and decisions have helped ensure women’s reproductive health and rights under the Constitution and laws in Nepal. However, only by practicing and experiencing these rights in practical ways will these rights and […]
In a landmark decision issued on May 20, 2009, Nepal’s Supreme Court directed the government – specifically the Office of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet, the Ministry of Health and Population, the Ministry of Law, Justice, and Constituent Assembly Affairs, and the Ministry of Women, Children, and Social Welfare – to enact a comprehensive […]
Lakshmi v Government of Nepal Supreme Court of Nepal (2008) Issue: The petition challenged the Nepal government’s failure to ensure adequate access to safe abortion services despite the decriminalization of abortion on broad grounds in 2002. Center Position: Nepal’s existing abortion law, in permitting abortion on request during the first trimester without the need for spousal consent, […]
This 2021 fact sheet by the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Forum for Women, Law and Development (FWLD) highlights the continued criminalization of women for seeking abortion beyond prescribed legal conditions despite progressive legislation that came into force in 2018. The Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Rights (SMRHR) Act aims to respect, protect, and fulfill […]
Factsheet based on fact-finding study jointly conducted by the Center and its Nepal-based implementing partner organization, Forum for Women Law and Development in 2017. The factsheet was published in 2018 and covered the key highlights of the fact-finding study.