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U.N. Committee: Russia and Slovakia Must Remove Waiting Periods and Other Barriers to Safe and Legal Abortion

U.N. Committee: Russia and Slovakia Must Remove Waiting Periods and Other Barriers to Safe and Legal Abortion (PRESS RELEASE) The governments of Russia and Slovakia are undermining women’s human rights by introducing retrogressive barriers in [...]

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Submission to CEDAW for its list of issues on Slovakia (2015)

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Center Submission for the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’ Review of Slovakia (2002)

Concluding Observations: Slovakia_CESCR_2002_English

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Center Submission for the Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination’s Review of Slovakia (2004)

Concluding Observations: Slovakia_CERD_2004_English

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Concluding Observations: Sri Lanka_CEDAW_2002_English

Concluding Observations: Sri Lanka_CEDAW_2002_English

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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Shadow Letter: Sri Lanka_CEDAW_2002_English

Concluding Observations: Sri Lanka_CEDAW_2002_English

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Concluding Observations: Sri Lanka_Human Rights Committee_2003_English

Concluding Observations: Sri Lanka_Human Rights Committee_2003_English

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Shadow Letter: Sri Lanka_Human Rights Committee_2003_English

Concluding Observations: Sri Lanka_Human Rights Committee_2003_English

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Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on Senate’s Vote to Repeal the Global Gag Rule

The Center for Reproductive Rights calls on President Bush to sign the bill repealing the Global Gag Rule. The President has repeatedly stated his commitment to cultivating democracy abroad and should therefore, take this opportunity [...]

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Council of Europe Finds Evidence of Forced Sterilization of Romani Women in Slovakia

Commissioner for Human Rights Calls on Slovak Government to Accept Responsibility for Failing to Protect Women from Illegal Sterilizations and to Enact Laws to End Practice On October 29, the Commissioner for Human Rights of [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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