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Review of Ecuador Draws Concern Over Sexual Violence in School Settings
Review of Ecuador Draws Concern Over Sexual Violence in School Settings At the end of November 2012, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) expressed its concern about a systemic pattern of sexual [...]
UN Urges the Slovak Government to Reform Reproductive Health
A recent review by the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights found that Slovakia continues to fall short on certain key elements of reproductive health care. The Center for Reproductive Rights and [...]
Center’s shadow letter to the ESCR Committee on Ecuador
The Center for Reproductive Rights submitted a shadow letter for the review of Ecuador to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) during its 47th Session in December 2011. The letter discusses the [...]
World Contraception Day 2011
Around the world, the unmet need for safe and effective contraceptive services is staggering: Roughly 215 million women in developing countries rely on traditional contraceptive methods with high [...]
CRR in the Field: Adriana Lamačková
Since 1992, the Center's innovative legal work has fundamentally transformed the landscape of reproductive health and rights worldwide, and has already strengthened laws and policies in more than 50 countries. CRR in the Field is [...]
Concluding Observations: Ecuador, Committee against Torture
The Center submitted a shadow letter on Ecuador before the Committee against Torture in October 2010. This letter underlines the human rights violations incurred due to pervasive sexual violence against girls in schools in Ecuador, [...]
Shadow Letter: Supplementary Information on Ecuador, Committee Against Torture
In October 2010, the Center submitted a shadow letter before the Committee against Torture to shed light on the dire situation of pervasive sexual violence against girls in schools in Ecuador and examine the human [...]
UN Urges Governments to Respect Reproductive Rights
12.27.10 - This fall, three UN treaty monitoring bodies urged the governments of Ecuador, Uganda and Nicaragua to take steps to promote, protect and fulfill reproductiv rights. The treaty bodies made these powerful recommendations largely [...]
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Shadow Letters Bring Reproductive Rights to Light
The Center celebrated the recent concluding observations on Ecuador, Croatia and Moldova from the U.N. Human Rights Committee, which reaffirm the obligation of these states to guarantee reproductive rights. The Committee's concluding observations responded directly [...]
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 [...]
Shadow Letter to UN HRC on Ecuador (2009)
The Center for Reproductive Rights submitted a shadow letter to the Human Rights Committee for its review of Ecuador during its 97th Session in October 2009. The letter highlights two structural issues in Ecuador: sexual [...]
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Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.