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European governments must ensure safe and timely access to abortion care during the COVID-19 pandemic
Joint civil society statement The COVID-19 pandemic and public health crisis is presenting grave challenges for health care systems across Europe. As European countries work to address the pandemic, protect their populations, and meet [...]
Groups Urge Poland to Implement the European Court of Human Rights’ Judgments and Ensure Women’s Access to Legal Reproductive Health Care
GENEVA - The Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers has again expressed serious concerns about Poland’s longstanding failure to ensure that women and girls in Poland can access legal abortion care in practice. In two [...]
El Salvador: Grupo de Trabajo de Naciones Unidas afirma que mujeres que sufrieron emergencias obstétricas son víctimas de detenciones arbitrarias
ORGANIZACIONES LLAMAN AL ESTADO SALVADOREÑO A ACOGER LAS RECOMENDACIONES DEL ORGANISMO INTERNACIONAL El Centro de Derechos Reproductivos (CRR, por sus siglas en inglés), Women’s Equality Center (WEC), la Agrupación Ciudadana por la Despenalización del Aborto, [...]
Emblemático caso en la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos transformará los derechos de las niñas en la región
El caso establecerá estándares internacionales para proteger el derecho a la autonomía y prevenir la violencia sexual en el contexto educativo San José- Guayaquil-Nueva York, (PRESS RELEASE). El Centro de Derechos Reproductivos y el Centro [...]
Groundbreaking Case at Inter-American Court on Human Rights Could Transform Girl’s Rights Across Latin America and Beyond
Case would establish International Standards to protect girls from coercion and sexual violence in schools San José- Guayaquil-New York, (PRESS RELEASE)Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights and its local partner, the Centro Ecuatoriano para la [...]
Slovakia’s Parliament rejects harmful restrictions on safe abortion care
Today the Slovak Parliament rejected draft legislation that would have severely restricted women’s access to abortion care and subjected women to a series of humiliating and medically inaccurate and unnecessary requirements prior to accessing abortion. [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Releases New Brief of European Abortion Laws
Europe leads the world with its number of liberalized laws on abortion, but many women still face access barriers due to regulatory restrictions or regressive threats (PRESS RELEASE) --A new comparative overview of European abortion [...]
Joint Statement issued by Center for Reproductive Rights, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network
Joint Statement on Restrictive Legislation in Slovakia As members of Slovakia’s parliament debate proposed legislation that, if enacted, will potentially impede women’s access to abortion services, Amnesty International, Center for Reproductive Rights, Human Rights Watch [...]
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U.N. Security Council affirms Women, Peace and Security Agenda
(New York)--Today, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2493 during the opening moments of the Security Council Annual Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and marks the tenth resolution since the [...]
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights files case of Manuela vs. El Salvador before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Bogotá, New York, San Salvador (PRESS RELEASE) -- The Center for Reproductive Rights and its local partner in El Salvador, Agrupación Ciudadana para la Despenalización del Aborto, celebrate the decision taken by the Inter-American Commission [...]
Court Rules Northern Irish Abortion Law Violates Women’s Human Rights
(Geneva)—The Center for Reproductive Rights welcomes today’s judgement from the Northern Irish High Court which ruled that Northern Ireland’s highly restrictive abortion law contravenes women’s human rights. The Center intervened as a third party in [...]
UK Parliament votes to extend abortion and same-sex marriage rights in Northern Ireland
(GENEVA)--In a 332 to 99 vote, the UK Parliament has just adopted provisions calling for the decriminalization of abortion in Northern Ireland. “This is a major step towards the advancement of reproductive rights in Northern [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on the postponement of human rights treaty bodies
Center for Reproductive Rights Statement on the postponement of human rights treaty bodies In a recent letter to treaty body chairs, Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, announced that due to [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
