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Center and Youth Coalition to Host Event on Youth SRHR on the Sidelines of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
On March 17, the Center for Reproductive Rights and Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights will host a virtual side event co-sponsored by Permanent Mission of Mexico to the UN during the 66th Session [...]
Center Commends WHO’s New Abortion Guideline for Quality Abortion Care Worldwide
World Health Organization’s new Abortion Care Guideline affirms abortion access as essential to health and human rights, calling for the removal of legal barriers to access.
World Health Organization (WHO) Issues New Abortion Guideline
03.08.22 (STATEMENT) – Today the World Health Organization issued its new abortion guideline, which is the organization’s definitive recommendations on abortion care. It provides recommendations on the clinical management of abortion, service delivery, as well [...]
Nepal Agrees to Decriminalize Abortion and Protect SRHR
Nepal accepts recommendations from its Universal Periodic Review before the UN Human Rights Council to protect the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls.
Center for Reproductive Rights Joins Global Leaders and Activists at U.N. Generation Equality Forum
Center presents session on adolescent SRHR and bodily autonomy at leading global gathering.
Center Session to be Held at United Nations Generation Equality Forum
The Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners will hold an interactive and intergenerational discussion on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) at the Generation Equality Forum, a major global event organized by UN Women.
U.S. Recommits to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights at the UN Human Rights Council
The Biden-Harris administration took a significant step forward last week in reversing the Trump administration’s harmful policies undermining gender equity and equality when it committed to promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights in the United States and around the world. The commitment, made March 17 before [...]
On the Adoption of the Third U.S. Universal Periodic Review
On March 17, 2021, the Center for Reproductive Rights and co-sponsoring organizations made remarks at the UN Human Rights Council commending the United States for supporting recommendations related to sexual and reproductive rights received in [...]
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UN Universal Periodic Review Presents Opportunity for the U.S. to Commit to Reproductive Rights as Human Rights
Next month, the Biden administration has a unique opportunity on the global stage to commit itself to protecting and promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights when it appears at the United Nations Human Rights [...]
UN Member States Make Recommendations to U.S. to Protect Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Strong Recommendations Given at U.S.’s Peer Review at the UN Human Rights Council United Nations Member States from around the world yesterday strongly recommended to the United States that it act to [...]
Center Urges UN Members to Consider Reproductive Rights in Assessing U.S.’s Human Rights Record
U.S. Peer Review at the UN Human Rights Council Scheduled for November 9 In preparation for the upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United States’ human rights record before the United Nations Human Rights [...]
El Centro celebra la resolución histórica de la ONU para la protección de los derechos humanos de mujeres y niñas en crisis humanitarias
El Centro de Derechos Reproductivos reconoce la adopción, por consenso en Ginebra, de la resolución del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas (CDH) titulada "Promoción, protección y respeto del pleno disfrute de los [...]
Center Applauds UN’s Adoption of Landmark Resolution on Women’s and Girls’ Human Rights in Humanitarian Situations
Resolution calls for promoting, protecting and respecting women’s and girls’ full enjoyment of human rights in humanitarian situations The Center for Reproductive Rights welcomes the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (HRC) adoption by consensus in [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.