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Center Praises Momentous Decision in Abortion Case in Colombia

(Press Release) Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights applauded the Colombian Constitutional Court’s decision which strongly reaffirms a woman’s right to seek an abortion in Colombia, a country which until 2006 had outlawed abortion under [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,Latin America & Caribbean, Colombia

قرار هام للمحكمة العليا في كولومبيا يصلح أحد أكثر قوانين الإجهاض تقييداً في العالم

الدستور الكولومبي يطالب الحكومة أن تسمح بالإجهاض في بعض الحالات قرار هام للمحكمة العليا في كولومبيا يصلح أحد أكثر قوانين الإجهاض تقييداً في العالمالدستور الكولومبي يطالب الحكومة أن تسمح بالإجهاض في بعض الحالات11 مايو/أيار 2006في [...]

Latin America & Caribbean, Colombia

In re Abortion Law Challenge in Colombia: Center’s Amicus Brief

I. IntroductionThe issue presented before the honorable Constitutional Court of Colombia in this case – whether the categorical ban on abortion in Article 122 of the Colombian Penal Code is constitutional – raises a question [...]

Abortion,Latin America & Caribbean, Colombia,In the Courts,Case Document

In re Access to Emergency Contraception in Colombia (amicus brief) (Colombian Council of State)

On June 5, 2008, in a landmark decision, the Colombian Council of State ruled against anti-choice groups' efforts to ban emergency contraception. The court found that emergency contraception, commonly known as the "morning-after pill," is [...]

Contraception, Emergency Contraception,Latin America & Caribbean, Colombia,In the Courts,Case

In re Abortion Law Challenge in Colombia / Amici (Constitutional Court of Colombia)

In April 2005, Colombian citizen Monica Róa, a former Center fellow and current attorney at Women's Link Worldwide, filed a petition with the Colombian Constitutional Court challenging the constitutionality of Colombia’s abortion law, which categorically [...]

Abortion, Legal Restrictions,Latin America & Caribbean, Colombia,In the Courts,Case

Shadow Letter: Colombia_CESCR_2001_English

Shadow Letter: Colombia_CESCR_2001_English

Latin America & Caribbean, Colombia, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,Reporting on Rights,Documents

Shadow Letter: Colombia_Human Rights Committee_2001_English

Shadow Letter: Colombia_Human Rights Committee_2001_English

Latin America & Caribbean, Colombia, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,Reporting on Rights,Documents

Concluding Observations: Colombia_Human Rights Committee_2004_English

Concluding Observations: Colombia_Human Rights Committee_2004_English

Latin America & Caribbean, Colombia, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,Reporting on Rights,Documents

Shadow Letter: Colombia_Human Rights Committee_2004_English

Concluding Observations: Colombia_Human Rights Committee_2004_English

Latin America & Caribbean, Colombia, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,Reporting on Rights,Documents

Concluding Observations: Colombia_Committee on the Rights of the Child_2006_English

Concluding Observations: Colombia_Committee on the Rights of the Child_2006_English

Latin America & Caribbean, Colombia, Accountability Bodies, United Nations,Reporting on Rights,Documents