Center Submission on Surrogacy to UN Special Rapporteur on Sale of Children
Submission from the Center for Reproductive Rights following the call for inputs by the Special Rapporteur on the Sale and Sexual Exploitation of Children on Safeguards for the protection of the rights of children born [...]
“They Are Girls, Not Mothers”—Protecting Sexual Abuse Victims from Forced Pregnancy and Childbirth (UN Human Rights Committee)
These cases against Guatemala, Nicaragua and Ecuador were brought on behalf of four girls—each age 14 or younger—who were raped and forced to give birth. The cases argue that by failing to protect these sexual abuse victims, the countries violated their human rights.
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 [...]
UN Human Rights Committee Asserts that Access to Abortion and Prevention of Maternal Mortality are Human Rights
UN Human Rights Committee Asserts that Access to Abortion and Prevention of Maternal Mortality are Human Rights (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights welcomes and firmly supports the United Nations Human Rights Committee’s General [...]
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Civil Society Welcomes Landmark Resolution on Maternal Mortality and Morbidity and Human Rights at the Human Rights Council
The Center for Reproductive Rights, the Sexual Rights Initiative, the Global Justice Center, Arrow, Rutgers, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education, Plan International, the Association for Women’s Rights in Development, [...]
Joint Statement: Welcoming the Gains of Women’s and Girl’s Rights at the 38th Session of the Human Rights Council
The Center for Reproductive Rights, the Sexual Rights Initiative, the Association for Progressive Communications, the International Service for Human Rights, the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education, the World Young Women Christian Association welcome the major [...]
Center for Reproductive Rights’ Statement Following U.S. Withdrawal From United Nations Human Rights Council
Center for Reproductive Rights' Statement Following U.S. Withdrawal From United Nations Human Rights Council Center for Reproductive Rights' statement following U.S. withdrawal from United Nations Human Rights Council. "The Center for Reproductive Rights is deeply [...]
Breaking Ground 2018: Treaty Monitoring Bodies on Reproductive Rights
Breaking Ground 2018: Treaty Monitoring Bodies on Reproductive Rights summarizes the jurisprudence from United Nations treaty monitoring bodies (TMBs) on reproductive rights, particularly the standards on reproductive health information and contraception, maternal health care, and [...]
UNFPA Report Addresses Economic Inequality and the Intersection with Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
UNFPA Report Addresses Economic Inequality and the Intersection with Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights European Union Pledges 500 Million Euros Towards Gender Equality Fund (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights commends the United [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
