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U.N. Committee Questions Ireland on its Track Record of Denying Women Access to Safe Abortion Services
U.N. Committee Questions Ireland on its Track Record of Denying Women Access to Safe Abortion Services (PRESS RELEASE) Ireland’s minister of justice, Frances Fitzgerald and other representatives of the Irish government were questioned this week [...]
United Nations Report Underscores Inequalities In Women’s Reproductive Health And Human Rights Worldwide
United Nations Report Underscores Inequalities In Women’s Reproductive Health And Human Rights Worldwide (PRESS RELEASE) Despite a 14-year-old international commitment to dramatically reduce maternal deaths, almost 300,000 women worldwide died in 2013 from pregnancy and [...]
At U.N. Human Rights Council, Slovakia Announces Plan to Increase Access to Modern Contraceptives
At U.N. Human Rights Council, Slovakia Announces Plan to Increase Access to Modern Contraceptives (PRESS RELEASE) At the close of its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Slovak government [...]
UN Committee: El Salvador’s Absolute Ban on Abortion Violates Women’s Human Rights
UN Committee: El Salvador’s Absolute Ban on Abortion Violates Women’s Human Rights Committee calls on Salvadoran government to immediately review and amend the country’s extreme abortion laws, which have led to the harsh criminalization of [...]
Holy See Not Held Accountable for Its Role in Reproductive Rights Violations Worldwide
Holy See Not Held Accountable for Its Role in Reproductive Rights Violations Worldwide (PRESS RELEASE) Though the Holy See has a long history of interfering in women’s access to reproductive health services, including life-saving medical [...]
Spain Abortion Bill Violates Human Rights
Spain Abortion Bill Violates Human Rights (PRESS RELEASE) The Spanish government should protect women’s access to safe and legal abortion by scrapping draft legislation that would ban abortion with only severely limited exceptions, according to [...]
UN Committee Against Torture Questions Holy See on Efforts to Curtail Women’s Health Care Globally
UN Committee Against Torture Questions Holy See on Efforts to Curtail Women’s Health Care Globally (PRESS RELEASE) Representatives of the Holy See were asked by a United Nations Committee yesterday to answer for its interference [...]
UN Human Rights Committee: U.S. Should Ensure Health Coverage for Immigrant Women
UN Human Rights Committee: U.S. Should Ensure Health Coverage for Immigrant Women Recommendations Issued after Full Review of U.S. Record under Major Human Rights Treaty (PRESS RELEASE) The United Nations Human Rights Committee is urging [...]
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United Nations Human Rights Council Urged to Address Lack of Access to Contraceptives and Family Planning
United Nations Human Rights Council Urged to Address Lack of Access to Contraceptives and Family Planning (PRESS RELEASE) The governments of Argentina, Denmark, Ethiopia, and Morocco are leading a group of more than 60 states [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Brings Second Case Against Ireland Abortion Laws to United Nations
Center for Reproductive Rights Brings Second Case Against Ireland Abortion Laws to United Nations (PRESS RELEASE) Today the Center for Reproductive Rights filed its second challenge to Ireland’s abortion laws before the United Nations Human [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
