CHARM v. State of Bihar and Others is a public interest litigation petition filed in March 2011 by the Center’s partner in India, Human Rights Law Network. It seeks legal accountability from the state government of Bihar for its failure to provide essential maternal health care, including safe abortion services, in public health facilities, leading […]
The Center has authored a new fact sheet on an important decision from the Supreme Court of Nepal in the case of Lakshmi Dhikta v. Nepal that upholds a woman’s right to abortion. This case was decided in May 2009 and the full decision was published just this year. The landmark decision, issued orally in […]
In February, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) urged Bangladesh to immediately address critical reproductive health issues. These include the lack of information on women’s health, the lack of access to quality maternal health services and information for rural women, and discrimination against disadvantaged women, particularly with regards […]
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By Melissa Upreti, Senior Regional Manager and Legal Adviser for Asia As the U.S. Congress launches one of the most vicious attacks against women’s health in recent history, the Supreme Court of Nepal has officially issued a groundbreaking decision on women’s reproductive rights that turns on its head patriarchal notions of the government’s right to […]
In a recent decision in the case of Lakshmi Dhikta v. Nepal, the Supreme Court of Nepal ruled that the country’s government must guarantee access to safe and affordable abortion services. Specifically, it affirmed the need for a comprehensive abortion law and emphasized the government’s obligation to ensure that no woman is denied a legal […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/lactating_wmn.jpg For the second time in less than a year, the Delhi High Court in India has ordered the local state government to ensure that every pregnant woman has access to quality maternity care. Highlighting the government’s failure to successfully implement its public health schemes last month, the court urged the government of Delhi to […]
“By the issuance of EO 003, the City of Manila, an instrumentality and essential element of the state, committed a clear breach of CEDAW obligation. By adopting an ordinance that limits the choice to natural birth control methods, it reneged on the obligation to protect health including the safeguarding of the function of reproduction, to […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/phil_contra.jpg The Center applauds the Philippine Commission on Human Rights (PCHR) for its strong statement calling for the revocation of Manila City’s ban on contraception, categorizing it as in violation of human rights obligations, and urging the Council to apologize. The Center has documented the devastating impact of the ban and urged the PCHR to […]
https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/shah-payal.jpg 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 a personal look at the various ways Center staff interacts with plaintiffs, policy makers, governing bodies, and supporters at […]