CASES
In re Abortion Law Challenge in Colombia (Colombian Constitutional Court)
In re Access to Emergency Contraception in Colombia (Colombian Consejo de Estado)
NEWS
Landmark Decision By Colombia's Highest Court Liberalizes One of the World's Most Restrictive Abortion Laws
May 2006
In a landmark decision, Colombia's highest court has ruled that abortion must be permitted when a pregnancy threatens a woman's life or health, in cases of rape, and in cases where the fetus has malformations incompatible with life outside the womb. Until today, Colombia outlawed abortion in all circumstances.
PUBLICATIONS
Reports
Read the Colombia chapter from Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Lives -- Latin America and the Caribbean
Mas allá del derecho. Justicia y género en América Latina
(available in Spanish only). This book is the first publication of the Red Alas network, a Latin American network of law professors that aims to reform legal education in the region from a gender perspective. The Center for Reproductive Rights supports and is a part of this network.
Read the Colombia chapter chapter from
Bodies on Trial: Reproductive Rights in Latin American Courts
Briefing Papers
Shadow Reports
Organizations like the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners play an essential role in providing credible and reliable independent information to international human rights treaty monitoring bodies regarding the legal status and real-life situation of women and the efforts being made by governments to comply with human rights treaties. Shadow reports work to supplement, or "shadow," governments' reports on human rights issues by calling attention to their strides, as well as their setbacks.
Regional Partner Organizations
