The Global Gag Rule from the Perspective of the Women’s Movement in Peru
Edited remarks from a speech given by Susana Chavez of Centro de la Mujer Peruana Flora Tristán at an October 22, 2003 briefing for the U.S. Congress about Breaking the Silence: The Global Gag Rule’s [...]
“Petition Filed Against Peru with UN CEDAW Committee”
The Center was mentioned in Ms. Magazine about our newly filed case against Peru on behalf of a 16-year-old rape survivor who suffered devastating consequences after being denied an abortion in her country. Her petition [...]
L.C. v. Peru (UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women)
UN Committee Rules Treaty Obligations Guarantee Reproductive Health Services (Updated 3.18.21) The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) ruled that Peru's failure to guarantee access to essential reproductive health services, including legal abortion, [...]
Teen Rape Victim Files Case Against Peru in U.N. Committee
Government Continues to Refuse Women Access to Legal Abortion Today, a 16-year-old Peruvian rape survivor who suffered devastating consequences after being denied an abortion filed a human rights petition against her government before the United [...]
K.L. v. Peru: Final Decision
K.L. v. Peru: Final Decision Subject Matter: Refusal to provide medical services to the author in connection with a therapeutic abortion which is not a punishable offense and for which express provision has been made [...]
لجنة حقوق الإنسان في الأمم المتحدة تتخذ قراراً هاماً يؤسس لحق المرأة في الإجهاض القانوني
امرأة أرغمت على الاحتفاظ بجنين مشوه تربح الدعوى 17 نوفمبر/تشرين الثاني 2005 نيويورك- اتخذت لجنة حقوق الإنسان في الأمم المتحدة اليوم أول قرار حول الإجهاض في القضية التي رفعتها المدعية ك. ل. ضد حكومة البيرو. [...]
Statements from Dr. Tiller’s Patients
Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights released statements from some of Dr. George Tiller’s patients in response to his murder on May 31, 2009. Dr. Tiller was one of the country’s only providers who performed [...]
Center Case Receives Award for Promoting Gender Equality
K.L. v. Peru receives a Bronze Gavel at the 2009 Gender Justice Uncovered Awards This week, K.L. v. Peru, the Center’s groundbreaking case establishing that denying access to legal abortion violates women’s most basic human [...]
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A Tale of Extraordinary Courage: Interview with K.L.
17-year-old K.L. took on the country Peru for enabling officials to force her to carry a fatally-impaired fetus to term. When our client K.L. was seventeen years old, she found out that she was pregnant [...]
Concluding Observations: Peru_CEDAW_1998_English
Concluding Observations: Peru_CEDAW_1998_English
Shadow Report: Peru_CEDAW_1998_Spanish
Shadow Report: Peru_CEDAW_1998_Spanish
Shadow Report: Peru_CEDAW_1998_English
Concluding Observations: Peru_CEDAW_1998_English
Concluding Observations: Peru_Human Rights Committee_2000_Spanish
Concluding Observations: Peru_Human Rights Committee_2000_Spanish
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
