UN Calls on Uganda to Fulfill Human Rights Obligations
One year ago, the Center for Reproductive Rights and our partner, the Uganda Association of Women Lawyers (FIDA - Uganda), submitted a joint letter to the Human Rights Council (the Council), which was about to [...]
Submission to the Special Rapporteur on Torture regarding human rights abuses of incarcerated women in the U.S.
The U.S. Legal Program, together with the Rebecca Project for Human Rights and Women on the Rise Telling HerStory (WORTH), submitted a letter to Mr. Manfred Nowak, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman [...]
Shadow letter to CEDAW on the state of reproductive and sexual health and rights in Costa Rica
On May 25, 2011, the Center for Reproductive Rights, the Asociación Colectiva por el Derecho a Decidir, the Centro de Investigación y Promoción para América Central de Derechos Humanos, Law Students for Reproductive Justice of [...]
Shadow letter to CEDAW on the status of reproductive and sexual health and rights in Zambia
On May 26, 2011, the Center for Reproductive Rights submitted a shadow letter to the 49th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the status of reproductive and sexual health [...]
Shadow letter to CEDAW on the rights of women and girls in Nepal
On June 7, 2011, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Justice for All, and the Women's Reproductive Rights Program of the Centre for Agro-Ecology and Development submitted a shadow letter to the 49th session of the [...]
Amicus Brief: Gauer and Others v. France
In August 2011, the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners filed an amicus brief to the European Court of Human Rights in support of Joëlle Gauer and Others —five women with mental disabilities in [...]
Decision: Alyne da Silva Pimentel v. Brazil
In the first maternal death case to be decided by an international human rights body, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) establishes that governments have a human rights obligation [...]
UN Concluding Observations: Russia, 2011
The U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights released their concluding observations from the 46th session on the fifth periodic report of the Russian Federation on May 20, 2011. The Center for Reproductive Rights [...]
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UN Concluding Observations: The Republic of Moldova
The U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights released their concluding observations from the 46th session on the second periodic report of the Republic of Moldova on July 12, 2011. The Center for Reproductive [...]
Center’s shadow letter to the ESCR Committee on The Russian Federation
In April 2011 the Center for Reproductive Rights and the All Russian Family Planning Association (currently known as Russian Association for Population and Development - RAPD) submitted a shadow letter to the 46th session of [...]
RR v. Poland, S&T v. Poland, and Z v. Poland – Polish Language Litigation Briefing Series (PDF)
Poland has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe. R.R. v. Poland, S &, T v. Poland and Z v. Poland, three pending cases before the European Court of Human Rights, filed by [...]
Supplementary information on reproductive rights in Peru for the 46th session of the CESCR
In April 2011, the Center and more than 9 Peruvian organizations and international organizations submitted a shadow letter to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights assessing the situation of sexual and reproductive rights [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.
