Submissions to the European Court of Human Rights in the cases of K.B. v. Poland and 3 other applications; K.C. v. Poland and 3 other applications; A.L.- B. v. Poland and 3 other applications; M.B. v. Poland and 4 other applications; and I.Z. v. Poland and 4 other applications

The Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners have filed third-party submissions to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to intervene in four groups of cases filed by 19 women challenging Poland’s highly restrictive abortion law. The submissions outline the implications and harms of abortion restrictions on persons who can become pregnant.

They were submitted on 19 November 2021 and 22 June 2022 respectively by the Center and Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network, Women Enabled International, Women’s Link Worldwide, and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT).  

The three cases are:

Application no. 1819/21 – K.B. v. Poland and 3 other applications

Application no. 3639/21 – K.C. v. Poland and 3 other applications

Application no. 3801/21 – A.L. – B. v. Poland and 3 other applications

Application no. 5014/21 – M.B. v. Poland and 4 other applications

In addition to the written interventions in the three cases above, on the 2 December 2022, the Center and the organisations listed above filed third party submissions in I.Z. v. Poland and 4 other applications. This application also challenges Poland’s highly restrictive abortion law.

Read the submissions here: