Watch online this April 30 event about the impact of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), being held at UN Headquarters during the 57th Session of the CPD.

After becoming pregnant as a result of rape, an indigenous woman and human rights defender was denied emergency contraception and abortion care and was forced to give birth against her will.

Fausia, una mujer indígena y defensora de derechos humanos fue víctima de violación sexual a modo de represalia por la defensa de su territorio y, como consecuencia, resultó embarazada.   Honduras violó sus derechos humanos [...]

Fausia, an indigenous woman and human rights defender, was raped as reprisal for defending her territory and consequently became pregnant.  Honduras violated her human rights by imposing pregnancy and forced motherhood on her, due to [...]

Joint statement issued by civil society organizations and human rights defenders on the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), a milestone document proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948 [...]

Register for this October 13 event—being held both in-person and online—featuring the Center's Martin Onyango, Associate Director of Legal Strategies for Africa.

This human rights “shadow report,” jointly submitted by four organizations to the UN Human Rights Committee, represents early findings from fact-finding research underway in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana, where abortion is prohibited at [...]

This human rights “shadow report” was submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee on September 12, 2023 by a coalition of fifteen reproductive rights, health, and justice organizations in preparation for a review of U.S. [...]

Center leaders speak at sessions of the UN Human Rights Council and Commission on the Status of Women.

Watch this March 8 panel being held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.