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Caso Eulogia Guzmán y su hijo Sergio Vs. Perú
Eulogia es una mujer campesina y quechuahablante que quería tener un parto vertical y en casa, conforme a sus tradiciones y de la misma forma que había tenido a sus otros cinco hijos. Sin embargo, [...]
Eulogiamanta Sergio wawanmantawan Peru suyuman churapakusqankumanta
Eulogia is a Quechua woman who wanted to have a vertical birth according to her traditions and in the same way she had delivered her other five children, but the Peruvian government ignored her cultural [...]
Case of Eulogia Guzmán and her son Sergio v. Peru
Eulogia is a Quechua woman who wanted to have a vertical and home birth according to her traditions and in the same way she had delivered her other five children. However, the Peruvian state disregarded [...]
Fact Sheet: Syed & Others v. Sindh
The ruling in Syed & Others v. Sindh by the Sindh High Court ordered Pakistan's Sindh government to increase access to obstetric fistula repair services. The case was conceptualized by the Center's South Asia Reproductive [...]
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 [...]
Pregnant Immigrants and Asylum Seekers During COVID-19: U.S. Government Abuses at the Border and Beyond
This issue brief outlines evidence of the mistreatment of pregnant immigrants and people seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border and in U.S. immigration detention, and discusses how existing policies have created the conditions for escalating [...]
Safeguarding Maternal Health and Rights in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Childbirth is the leading reason for hospitalization in the United States, and nearly 4 million births occur each year. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, so will pregnancies and the need for pregnancy-related health care. It [...]
Bungoma High Court Judgment in Josephine Oundo Ongwen v. the Attorney General & 4 Others (Fact Sheet)
Bungoma High Court Petition No. 5 of 2014
Detention and Abuse of Women Seeking Maternal Health Services
On September 17, 2015, the High Court of Kenya issued a groundbreaking judgment in the case of Millicent Awuor (Maimuna) & Margaret Anyoso Oliele v. Attorney General and others, Constitutional Petition No. 562 of 2012. [...]
Centering Human Rights in the Response to Zika
Available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, this statement calls for a human rights-based approach to the Zika epidemic. It identifies states' obligations to respect, protect, and fulfill the human rights of all impacted by the [...]
Violence against Women and Reproductive Rights in the Americas
The numerous forms of violence that are committed against women pose an obstacle to their individual development, violate their rights, and limit their freedoms. Violence against women blocks the full development of their capacities and [...]
Universal Periodic Review Fact Sheet: Discrimination Against Immigrants in Access to Health Care, Including Sexual and Reproductive Health Services and Information
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Alyne v. Brazil: Case of Alyne da Silva Pimentel Teixeira (“Alyne”) v. Brazil
Alyne, una Afro-Brasilera de 28 años murió por complicaciones de un embarazo después de que un centro de salud privado y luego un centro de salud público le negaran atención de calidad de salud materna. [...]
Human Rights at the Core of Sustainable and Just Development
The Center for Reproductive Rights took part in a joint civil society event at the UN Headquarters in New York on December 13, 2013 titled: Human Rights at the Core of Sustainable and Just Development, [...]
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 [...]
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights’ Sexual and Reproductive Rights Public Inquiry Repor
In 2011, in response to a joint request by the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Federation of Women Lawyers-Kenya (FIDA Kenya), the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights commenced a public inquiry into “the [...]