CASES
Ana Victoria Sánchez Villalobos and others v. Costa Rica (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights/Costa Rica)
NEWS
Center Joins Couples’ Legal Battle Against Costa
Rica’s IVF Ban
December 2004
In a case that could undermine women’s access to reproductive technologies, contraception and abortion across North, Central and South America— including the United States— the Center for Reproductive Rights joined a legal battle against Costa Rica’s in-vitro fertilization ban.
PUBLICATIONS
Reports
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.
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
