This statement calls for governments around the world to decriminalise abortion in order to uphold the rights to life, health, and bodily autonomy of women and girls.

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The UN Human Rights Council adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of El Salvador on 18 March 2015 during its 28th session. Prior to the adoption of the review outcome, Amnesty International delivered this oral statement.

“Guadalupe”, one of the group of 17 Salvadoran women jailed for pregnancy-related offences after unfair trials was pardoned by the Legislative Assembly in a very close vote.

On Human Rights Day, and as the global “16 days of Activism against Gender Violence” campaign draws to a close, Amnesty International wishes to reaffirm its solidarity with the women and girls of El Salvador and urges the State to put an end to the discriminatory practices, policies and laws that...

In this submission Amnesty International urges the Committee of Ministers to take into account the fact that Ireland, for over 20 years, has refused to enact legislation and regulations that would effectively guarantee women and girls access to those abortion services which are in fact legal. This...

This briefing is submitted to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights by Amnesty International and the National Alliance for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Management, an alliance of 17 Nepali NGOs working on sexual and reproductive rights. The focus of this submission is on the...

Amnesty International submits this briefing in advance of the adoption of the list of issues on Ireland at the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’ Pre-sessional Working Group, during its 53rd session in December 2014. The submission includes information regarding the harmful impact...

Every year, thousands of women and girls are denied their rights and choices by El Salvador’s total ban on abortion and its criminalization. Women and girls who are carrying an unwanted pregnancy are confronted with two options: commit a crime by terminating the pregnancy, or continue with the...

Every year, thousands of women and girls are denied their rights and choices by El Salvador’s total ban on abortion and its criminalization. Women and girls who are carrying an unwanted pregnancy are confronted with two options: commit a crime by terminating the pregnancy, or continue with the...

In this statement, Amnesty international welcomes the consensus that effective strategies to eradicate preventable Maternal Mortality and Morbidity must empower women and girls to make decisions about their health. Gender discrimination prevents women and girls from controlling their bodies, lives...