RH Reality Check: Silence and Denial Don’t Work: Ireland, Malta, the European Union and the Lessons of Savita’s Death by Johanna Westeson, Regional Director for Europe at the Center for Reproductive Rights Much has been said about the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar in Galway, Ireland last month. Even before seeing the outcome of the […]
In May, the U.N. Committee against Torture reviewed the Republic of Ireland’s initial periodic report. The Committee’s concluding observations reiterated the European Court for Human Rights’ concerns expressed in its judgment in the case of A, B, and C v. Ireland , to which the Center for Reproductive Rights, and their partner, submitted a friend-of-the-court brief. […]
(PRESS RELEASE) Today, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Ireland’s ban on abortion violated the human rights of a woman who was forced to travel out of the country to obtain an abortion to protect her life. Currently, Ireland only allows abortion when a woman’s life is in danger. Three women who were […]
These comments address the regulation of abortion under international and comparative law, with particular emphasis on the member states of the Council of Europe. These comments demonstrate that national law in Ireland is inconsistent with international and comparative standards on abortion regulation. https://reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/abc-v-ireland-brief-fin.pdf
Last month, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights heard a challenge to Ireland’s restrictive abortion law, one of the most stringent in the region. The Center for Reproductive Rights and the University of Toronto Law School filed an friend-of-the-court brief in the case in September 2008. Ireland Bans Abortion to Protect […]
In April 2005, the Center filed an amicus brief with the European Court of Human Rights in support of a woman, D., who alleged that Ireland’s prohibition of abortion constitutes a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights. Filing date: April 2005 Country/Region: Ireland Plaintiff(s): D., a woman who was pregnant with twins, decided […]
The applicant in this case, who was pregnant with twins, decided to terminate her pregnancy after learning that one fetus had died in the womb and the other had developed a fatal anomaly. Because abortion is a crime in Ireland except in cases where pregnancy threatens the woman’s life, she was forced to travel to […]