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U.N. Committee Calls for Abortion Law Reform in Chile

U.N. Committee Calls for Abortion Law Reform in Chile (PRESS RELEASE) Following a review of Chile’s human rights record on economic, social, and cultural rights, a United Nations committee has called for Chile to quickly approve [...]

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African Union Commits to Ending Child, Early and Forced Marriage

African Union Commits to Ending Child, Early and Forced Marriage (PRESS RELEASE) African nations this week pledged to eradicate child and forced marriage in the region at the African Union Summit, according to African Union [...]

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U.N. Committee Questions Chile on Its Human Rights Record

U.N. Committee Questions Chile on Its Human Rights Record (PRESS RELEASE) This week a U.N. committee will review Chile’s track record on economic, social and cultural rights, including the mistreatment of sexual assault survivors and the [...]

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President Bachelet Introduces Legislation to Decriminalize Abortion in Chile

President Bachelet Introduces Legislation to Decriminalize Abortion in Chile (PRESS RELEASE) President Michelle Bachelet of Chile introduced a bill Saturday that would allow women access to safe and legal abortion services in cases of sexual violence, fetal [...]

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Access to EC in Latin America Takes Center Stage at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Access to EC in Latin America Takes Center Stage at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Center for Reproductive Rights Participates In Public Hearing Addressing Restrictions on Emergency Contraception at the 149th Period of Sessions [...]

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Center’s issues included in List of Issues for reviews of El Salvador and Chile by the CAT Committee

As part of its 2013 reviews of Chile and El Salvador, the Committee against Torture (CAT Committee) solicited input from civil society organizations to determine the issues that would be covered in the country revisions. [...]

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Forcibly Sterilized Woman Files International Case against Chile

Addresses Ongoing HIV Discrimination in Country New York—Today, a woman diagnosed with HIV filed a complaint against Chile before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, an international human rights body, charging that the government failed [...]

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Mujer esterilizada sin su consentimiento presenta demanda contra Chile en foro internacional

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 [...]

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Concluding Observations: Chile_CEDAW_1999_Spanish

Concluding Observations: Chile_CEDAW_1999_Spanish

Latin America & Caribbean, Chile, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,Reporting on Rights,Documents

Shadow Report: Chile_CEDAW_1999_Spanish

Concluding Observations: Chile_CEDAW_1999_Spanish

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Concluding Observations: Chile_CEDAW_1999_English

Concluding Observations: Chile_CEDAW_1999_English

Latin America & Caribbean, Chile, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,Reporting on Rights,Documents

Shadow Report: Chile_CEDAW_1999_English

Concluding Observations: Chile_CEDAW_1999_English

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Concluding Observations: Chile_CESCR_2004_English

Concluding Observations: Chile_CESCR_2004_English

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.