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Fact Sheet: CEDAW Inquiry into Poland’s Abortion Law (English and Polish)
Available in English and Polish, this fact sheet assesses human rights violations caused by Poland’s abortion law.
CEDAW Poland Report Media Kit
Media kit about the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Inquiry on Poland’s abortion law, issued in August, 2024.
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Europe: Progress and Challenges
This report from the Center for Reproductive Rights highlights SRHR concerns in Europe and is intended to assist Council of Europe member states with their ongoing efforts to improve the enjoyment of sexual and reproductive health and rights.
2024-2029: Priorities for EU Action to Advance Gender Equality and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
The Center's report recommending actions by EU institutions to ensure continued progress on gender equality and SRHR.
European Abortion Laws: A Comparative Overview
Get an overview of abortion laws and policies in all 47 European countries (updated September 2023).
Care in Crisis: Failures to guarantee the sexual and reproductive health and rights of refugees from Ukraine in Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia
The Center for Reproductive Rights and eight partner organizations documented the gaps and barriers in access to sexual and reproductive healthcare and gender-based violence support services that are faced by refugees from Ukraine in Hungary, [...]
New Report Addresses Concerns Regarding Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Regional Humanitarian Response to the War in Ukraine
Report by the Regional Gender Task Force developed by the Center and other organizations.
Global Trends: Abortion Rights 2022
An infographic showing the global trends in abortion rights.
Protecting Abortion Access in Europe – A Call to Action
Following a decision by the United States Supreme Court taking away the constitutional right to abortion, the Center for Reproductive Rights joined more than 130 leading organizations, working to advance sexual and reproductive health and [...]
Perilous Pregnancies: Health Care for Undocumented Migrant Women in the EU (2020)
A report by the Center for Reproductive Rights on the barriers in access to affordable maternal health care for undocumented migrant women in the European Union. International public health guidelines stipulate that reducing maternal mortality [...]
Documenting the Human Rights Impact of Retrogressive Legislative and Policy Barriers on Women’s Access to abortion in Macedonia: Key Findings and Recommendations
In 2013 and 2014, Macedonian lawmakers introduced a series of new legal requirements, including a three-day mandatory waiting period, mandatory biased counseling and a mandatory ultrasound, which must be complied with before women can access [...]
Whelan v. Ireland: Ireland Must Reform its Abortion Law to Prevent Violations of Women’s Human Rights
In June 2017, the United Nations Human Rights Committee ruled for the second time that by prohibiting and criminalizing abortion, Ireland violated a woman’s fundamental human rights. In the case of Whelan v. Ireland, the [...]
Mandatory Waiting Periods and Biased Counseling Requirements in Central and Eastern Europe: Restricting Access to Abortion, Undermining Human Rights and Reinforcing Harmful Gender Stereotypes
Across Central and Eastern European countries, women’s access to abortion services is increasingly threatened by the introduction of regressive legal and policy measures that impose mandatory waiting periods and biased counseling and information requirements prior [...]
Fact Sheet: Access to Contraceptives in the European Union
States are obligated under international law to provide women access to a full range of contraceptives and contraceptive information. Most countries in the European Union include affordable contraceptives and contraceptive information in their public health [...]
ICPD and Human Rights: 20 Years of Advancing Reproductive Rights though UN Treaty Bodies and Legal Reform
The ICPD and Human Rights fact sheets examine the progress states have made over the past twenty years fulfilling the commitments made in the ICPD Programme of Action. They highlight the extensive developments in international [...]
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