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Civil Society Declaration for Global Fammily Planning Summit

International human rights groups are urging world leaders attending next month’s global Family Planning Summit to ensure that any effort to increase the use of contraceptives be a part of a broader strategy to improve [...]

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Letter to President Obama RE Review of Helms Amendment

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America & Caribbean, United States,Engaging Policymakers, In Washington D.C.,Documents

Comments to Hungarian Parliament Re: Draft Constitution

The Hungarian Women’s Lobby and the Center for Reproductive Rights submitted these comments to the members of the Hungarian Parliament responsible for drafting the Constitution in March 2011. The comments focus on the provision under [...]

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European Constitutions Right to Life

This document lists the international, regional and national legal provisions of the right to life in Europe and ratified by Hungary.  

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Discriminatory or Rights Based? CHR Advisory on the Local Ordinance by the City of Manila

"By the issuance of EO 003, the City of Manila, an instrumentality and essential element of the state, committed a clear breach of CEDAW obligation. By adopting an ordinance that limits the choice to natural [...]

Abortion, Anti-Choice Harassment, Contraception, Maternal Health, Access to Quality Care,Asia, Philippines,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Documents

Letter to CBS Regarding Focus on the Family Ad

Download PDF of this letter Matthew Margo Senior Vice President of Program Practices, East Coast CBS Corporation 51 W. 52 St. New York, NY 10019 Dear Mr. Margo, We are writing to request that CBS [...]

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10 Reasons Why Criminalization of HIV Exposure or Transmission Harms Women

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 [...]

HIV/AIDS, Discriminatory Policies,Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America & Caribbean, United States,Documents

Letter to Slovak Government Re: Amendments to Abortion Law

  Dear Honorable: Prime Minister of the Government of the Slovak Republic, Robert Fico Deputy Prime Minister for Knowledge-based Society, European Affairs, Human Rights and Minorities, Dušan Čaplovič Minister of Health Care, Richard Raši Minister [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,Europe, Slovakia, Accountability Bodies, European Human Rights System,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Documents

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

CRR’s Maternal Mortality Brochure

International Initiative on Maternal Mortality and Human Rights

Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality,Accountability Bodies, African Human Rights System, Inter-American Human Rights System, European Human Rights System, United Nations,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Documents

IIMMHR Call to Global Leaders

Call to global leaders on maternal health as a human right

Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality,Accountability Bodies, African Human Rights System, Inter-American Human Rights System, European Human Rights System, United Nations,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Documents

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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