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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Shadow Letter: Colombia_CESCR_2001_English
Shadow Letter: Colombia_CESCR_2001_English
Shadow Letter: Colombia_Human Rights Committee_2001_English
Shadow Letter: Colombia_Human Rights Committee_2001_English
Concluding Observations: Colombia_Human Rights Committee_2004_English
Concluding Observations: Colombia_Human Rights Committee_2004_English
Shadow Letter: Colombia_Human Rights Committee_2004_English
Concluding Observations: Colombia_Human Rights Committee_2004_English
Concluding Observations: Colombia_Committee on the Rights of the Child_2006_English
Concluding Observations: Colombia_Committee on the Rights of the Child_2006_English