Statement on the Passing of Maria de Lourdes Silva Pimentel
Pimentel was the client in Alyne da Silva Pimentel v. Brazil–the first-ever maternal mortality case decided by an international human rights body.
Pimentel was the client in Alyne da Silva Pimentel v. Brazil–the first-ever maternal mortality case decided by an international human rights body.
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The goal of this report is threefold: firstly, it presents and evaluates the diverse impact that the Zika virus has had on the reproductive lives of women living in Brazil. Secondly, this report analyzes the response to the Zika epidemic through both a public health and human rights lens, ultimately finding that there was a […]
The goal of this report series is threefold: firstly, it presents and evaluates the diverse impacts that the Zika virus has had on the reproductive lives of women living in Colombia, Brazil, and El Salvador. Secondly, these reports analyze the global response to the Zika epidemic through both a public health and human rights lens, […]
U.N. Human Rights Council Grills U.S. on Reproductive Rights Governments question U.S. for denying foreign assistance to women in need of safe abortion services (PRESS RELEASE) Governments this week asked the United States to explain its failure to address the misapplication of the Helms Amendment, a 40-year-old policy that — on paper – permits the […]
U.N. Committee Finds Women in the Philippines Face Reproductive Rights Violations and Discrimination The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Calls on the Filipino Government to Guarantee Universal Access to Modern Contraceptives and Decriminalize Abortion (PRESS RELEASE) The Filipino government has violated women’s human rights by denying the full range of reproductive health […]
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 to terminate a pregnancy. The bill is under examination in Congress. The draft legislation poses a serious threat to the […]
Spain: Abortion Bill Endangers Girls Popular Party Should Abandon Parental Consent Requirement (PRESS RELEASE) Spain’s ruling Popular Party should withdraw a bill that would force 16 and 17-year-old girls to obtain the consent of their parents to end a pregnancy, 22 national and international rights groups said today in letters to the head of the party’s group […]