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Perú Ends Criminal Investigation into Mass Forced Sterilizations

Perú Ends Criminal Investigation into Mass Forced Sterilizations Center for Reproductive Rights calls out state for failing to comply with its obligations before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (PRESS RELEASE) Peruvian prosecutors have closed [...]

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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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Supplementary information on reproductive rights in Peru for the 46th session of the CESCR

In April 2011, the Center and more than 9 Peruvian organizations and international organizations submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights assessing the situation of sexual and reproductive rights [...]

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Shadow Report: Peru_CEDAW_1998_Spanish

Shadow Report: Peru_CEDAW_1998_Spanish

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Shadow Report: Peru_CEDAW_1998_English

Concluding Observations: Peru_CEDAW_1998_English

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Shadow Report: Peru_Human Rights Committee_2000_Spanish

Concluding Observations: Peru_Human Rights Committee_2000_Spanish

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

Shadow Report: Peru_Human Rights Committee_2000_English

Concluding Observations: Peru_Human Rights Committee_2000_English

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Shadow Letter: Peru_CEDAW_2002_Spanish

Shadow Letter: Peru_CEDAW_2002_Spanish

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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Shadow Letter: Peru_CEDAW_2002_English

Shadow Letter: Peru_CEDAW_2002_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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UN Human Rights Committee Makes Landmark Decision Establishing Women’s Right to Access to Legal Abortion

Woman Forced to Carry Fatally Impaired Fetus to Term Wins Case New York, NY-Today, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) decided its first abortion case, KL v. Peru. The decision establishes that denying access [...]

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Women’s Health Experts from Kenya and Peru Speak out on the Impact of the Global Gag Rule

New Report Documents the Gag Rule’s Devastating Effects on Unsafe Abortion in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Peru At a breakfast briefing on October 22, women's health experts from Kenya and Peru will discuss the devastating [...]

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International Human Rights Settlement Expected to Improve Women’s Access to Reproductive Health Care in Peru

Policy Changes Come After Coerced Sterilization Case that Ended in Death Yesterday, the government of Peru signed an agreement before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) that should bring about sweeping changes in Peru's [...]

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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