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Breaking Ground 2016: Treaty Monitoring Bodies on Reproductive Rights

Breaking Ground: Treaty Monitoring Bodies on Reproductive Rights, an annual publication from the Center for Reproductive Rights, summarizes the jurisprudence from United Nations treaty monitoring bodies on reproductive rights, particularly the standards on maternal health [...]

Abortion, Contraception, Maternal Health,Accountability Bodies, United Nations,In the Courts, At the United Nations,Publications

Mandatory Waiting Periods and Biased Counseling Requirements in Central and Eastern Europe: Restricting Access to Abortion, Undermining Human Rights and Reinforcing Harmful Gender Stereotypes

Across Central and Eastern European countries, women’s access to abortion services is increasingly threatened by the introduction of regressive legal and policy measures that impose mandatory waiting periods and biased counseling and information requirements prior [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,Europe, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,Engaging Policymakers,Publications

Letter to Committee on the Rights of the Child Re: Supplementary information on Bangladesh

Adolescent SRHR,Asia, Bangladesh, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,At the United Nations, Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Publications

Accountability for Discrimination Against Women in the Philippines: Key Findings and Recommendations from the CEDAW Committee’s Special Inquiry on Reproductive Rights

A 2007 report by the Center documenting human rights violations associated with Executive Order 003 became the basis for a special inquiry convened by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women [...]

Legal Restrictions, Contraception, Legal Restrictions,Asia, Philippines, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,At the United Nations,Publications

Resolution on violence against women and girls – Q&A

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Universal Periodic Review Fact Sheet: Rights of Women and Girls with Disabilities

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Universal Periodic Review Fact Sheet: Discrimination Against Immigrants in Access to Health Care, Including Sexual and Reproductive Health Services and Information

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Abortion, Contraception, Maternal Health,United States, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,At the United Nations,Fact Sheets

Universal Periodic Review Fact Sheet: Permit Safe Abortion Services Through U.S. Foreign Assistance

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Reproductive rights are human rights.

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

Reproductive Rights Rundown: January 2015

The Center for Reproductive Rights is pleased to share its January 2015 edition of the Reproductive Rights Rundown, highlighting significant reproductive rights developments in UN Treaty Monitoring Bodies (TMBs), the key interpretative bodies of international [...]

Abortion, Adolescent SRHR, Contraception, Maternal Health,Accountability Bodies, United Nations,At the United Nations, Reporting on Rights,Publications

A Global View of Abortion Rights

A critical accompaniment to the World's Abortion Laws map, this fact sheet provides a snapshot of the current status of abortion in countries across the globe, trends in global abortion laws and a summary of [...]

Abortion,Accountability Bodies, United Nations,Reporting on Rights,Publications

Questions & Answers: Understanding the World’s Abortion Laws Map

This fact sheet provides readers with critical information for understanding the World Abortion Laws map, including information on the legal sources of abortion laws, as well as in-depth descriptions of each category on the abortion [...]

Abortion,Accountability Bodies, United Nations,Reporting on Rights,Publications

Fact Sheet: Manuela vs. El Salvador

                              Manuela, a 33-year-old Salvadoran woman of low socio-economic resources, died of cancer while serving an unjust 30-year prison sentence for [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,Latin America & Caribbean, El Salvador, Accountability Bodies, Inter-American Human Rights System,In the Courts, Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Publications

Conscientious Objection and Reproductive Rights: International Human Rights Standards

The Center for Reproductive Rights’ new publication Conscientious Objection and Reproductive Rights: International Human Rights Standards describes the rules of International Human Rights Law regarding conscientious objection. The toolkit analyzes the applicable human rights standards [...]

Accountability Bodies, Inter-American Human Rights System, European Human Rights System,In the Courts, Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Publications

Reproductive rights are human rights.

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