{"id":1930,"date":"2017-09-25T11:10:19","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T11:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.csbronline.org\/?p=1930"},"modified":"2017-11-08T09:39:40","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T09:39:40","slug":"joint-statement-on-access-to-safe-and-legal-abortion-36-hrc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csbronline.org\/?p=1930","title":{"rendered":"Joint Statement on Access to Safe and Legal Abortion @ 36 HRC"},"content":{"rendered":"

CSBR joined the chorus of voices from 285 organizations around the world calling on global leaders to guarantee access to safe and legal abortion. Read the joint statement delivered by Action Canada for Population and Development et. al [i] <\/a>today at the 36th Human Rights Council Session. #<\/span>Sept28<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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25 September 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr. President,<\/p>\n

It is my honour to deliver this statement on behalf of 285 organisations from around the world.<\/p>\n

Through the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, States explicitly agreed to prioritize the human rights of women, including the eradication of gender-based discrimination and violence. However, many States have not yet made the important decision that women\u2019s human rights deserve to be upheld and their lives are worth saving. The continued criminalization of abortion and restrictions on access to and provision of abortion and post-abortion care in many jurisdictions is stark evidence of this.<\/p>\n

Around 22 million unsafe abortions are estimated to take place around the world annually[ii]<\/sup><\/a>, leading to 7 million health complications[iii]<\/sup><\/a> and 47,000 deaths[iv]<\/sup><\/a>. In addition, there are major social and financial costs to women and girls, families, communities, health systems and economies. The criminalization of abortion and failure to ensure access to quality abortion services is a violation of the rights to non-discrimination, to privacy, and to make decisions about one\u2019s own body, and can constitute torture or ill-treatment, as repeatedly highlighted by UN bodies and experts.[v]<\/a> Prohibiting abortion pushes it underground and gives rise to unsafe abortions, violating the rights to life, health and bodily autonomy. Moreover, the poor and those already facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination are disproportionately affected, making the global community\u2019s pledge to \u201cleave no one behind\u201d ring hollow.<\/p>\n

These human rights violations must stop now. On September 28, the Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion, we urge the Human Rights Council to address the human rights violations arising from criminalization of abortion and the denial of access to safe and legal abortion services through its resolutions, decisions, dialogues, debates, and the UPR. We demand in a collective voice that governments across the world respect, protect and fulfill the right to access safe and legal abortion services and post-abortion care.<\/p>\n

Thank you, Mr. President.<\/p>\n

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Joint statement on behalf of Action Canada for Population and Development; Federation for Women and Family Planning; Center for Reproductive Rights; Ipas; ActionAid; Advocates for Youth; ARC International (Allied Rainbow Communities International); Asian Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW); Asociaci\u00f3n Pro-Bienestar de la Familia Colombiana \u201cProfamilia\u201d; Association for Women\u2019s Rights in Development (AWID); Canadian HIV\/AIDS Legal Network; Catholics for Choice; Center for Women\u2019s Global Leadership (CWGL); Centre for Health and Social Justice; Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS); Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN); Ekta Resource Centre for Women; EngenderHealth; European Humanist Federation; European Women\u2019s Lobby; European Youth Forum; Federatie van Nederlandse Verenigingen tot Integratie van Homoseksualiteit \u2013 COC Nederland; FOKUS \u2013 Forum for Women and Development Norway; Fundacion para Estudio e Investigacion de la Mujer (FEIM); Generation Initiative for Women and Youth Network (GIWYN); Girls To Mothers\u2019 Initiative; Global Fund for Women; Global Justice Center; International Commission of Jurists; International Federation for Human Right Leagues (FIDH); The International HIV\/AIDS Alliance; International Humanist and Ethical Union; International Lesbian and Gay Association; International Planned Parenthood Federation; International Planned Parenthood Federation South Asia Region Office; International Service for Human Rights; International Women\u2019s Health Coalition; Italian Association for Women in Development (AIDOS); Manusher Jonno Foundation; Marie Stopes International; M\u00e9decins du Monde \u2013 France; New Zealand Family Planning Association; Oxfam; Pathfinder International; The Population Council; PROMSEX, Centro de Promoci\u00f3n y Defensa de los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos; Rutgers; Shalupe Foundation; Simavi; Social Charitable Center Women and Modern World; Sonke Gender Justice; Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU); Sukaar Welfare Organization Pakistan; Union Women Center; Womankind Worldwide; Women Enabled International; Women for Women\u2019s Human Rights \u2013 New Ways; Women International Democratic Federation; Women\u2019s Global Network for Reproductive Rights; Women\u2019s Rights Center NGO Armenia; World YWCA; and Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights;<\/p>\n

[i]<\/a> This statement is joined by the following organisations and groups not in consultative status with ECOSOC: Akahat\u00e1\u00a0Equipo de Trabajo en Sexualidades y Generos, Coalition of African Lesbians, CREA, Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights; A.L.E.G. _ Association for Liberty and Equality of Gender; Activista independiente; African Sex Workers Alliance (ASWA); Agrupacion Ciudadana por la Despenalizaci\u00f3n del Aborto \u2013 El Salvador; Aidsfonds; AJWS; Aliance for Choice; Alianza por la Solidaridad; Alliance of solidarity for the family; Articulacion Feminista Marcosur; Asia Pacific Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (APA); Asociaci\u00f3n Ciudadana ACCEDER; Asociaci\u00f3n de Mujeres por la Dignidad y la Vida \u2013 LAS DIGNAS; Asociaci\u00f3n M\u00e9dica Privada Voluntaria Winay; Asociaci\u00f3n Movimiento Salvadore\u00f1o de Mujeres MSM; Association de Lutte contre les Violences faites aux Femmes; Association HERA-XXI Georgia; Associazione Luca Coscioni per la libert\u00e0 di ricerca scientifica; ASTRA Network; ASTRA Youth; Atria \u2013 Institute for Gender Equality and Women\u2019s History; Balance- Mexico; Bangladesh Model Youth Parliament; Cairo Foundation for Development and law; Cat\u00f3licas por el Derecho a Decidir \u2013 Chile; Catolicas Por el Derecho a Decidir Per\u00fa; Cat\u00f3licas por el Derecho a Decidir \u2013 Bolivia; CEDES (Center for the Study of State and Society); Center for Information and Counseling on Reproductive Health \u2013 Tanadgoma; Center for the Study of Democracy; Centre d\u2019Action La\u00efque; Centre de Communication et de D\u00e9veloppement de l\u2019Entreprise (CCDE) \u2013 D\u00e9partement de la promotion de l\u2019autonomisation de la femme en Afrique; Centre for Gender, Feminisms and Sexualities, University College Dublin, Ireland; Centre for Secular Space; Centre Kurde des Droits de l\u2019Homme; Centre Ombre des Femmes du Burundi; Centro de Apoyo y Protecci\u00f3n de los Derechos Humanos SURKUNA; Centro de Atenci\u00f3n Integral a la Pareja, A. C.; Centro de Derechos de Mujeres; CESI \u2013 Center for Education, Counselling and Research; CHOICE for Youth & Sexuality; CLACAI; Cladem; COADY International Institute, Canada; Coalition to Repeal the Eighth Amendment; Colectivo Ovejas Negras; Community and Family Aid Foundation-Ghana; Community Safety and Mediation Center; Concern for Children and Environment \u2013 CONCERN Nepal; Consorcio Latinoamericano Contra el Aborto Inseguro; Contra Nocendi International; Corporacion Miles Chile; Costa Rica Afro; Creative and Innovation Business Incubation Center (Association CICIA); CSBR \u2013 Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies; Danish Family Planning Association; DareGender; Dartmouth College; DeGenerar; Discover Football; Diverse Voices and Action (DIVA) for Equality, Fiji; ECIS \u2013 Educaci\u00f3n, Cl\u00ednica e Investigaci\u00f3n en Sexualidad; El Colegio de M\u00e9xico; Equal Ground, Sri Lanka; Essex Feminist Collective; Eurasian Women\u2019s Network on AIDS; Family Planning and Sexual Health Association; Family Planning NSW; F\u00e9d\u00e9ration nationale GAMS; Feminist Solutions towards Global Justice (FemJust); FILIA Centre; Forum de la Femme Menagere \u2013 FORFEM; FRONT Association; Fundaci\u00f3n Arcoiris. Mexico; Fundaci\u00f3n CulturaSalud\/EME; Fundacion de la mano contigo; FUNDACION DE MUJERES LUNA CRECIENTE; Fundaci\u00f3n ESAR; Fundaci\u00f3n Ori\u00e9ntame; Fundacion Sendas; Fundatia Corona; Gateway Health Institute; Gender Violence Institute; Global Doctors for Choice; Good and Useful Ltd; Great Lakes Initiative for Human Rights and Development (GLIHD); GreeneWorks; Grupo Curumim \u2013 Gesta\u00e7\u00e3o e Parto; Gynuity Health Projects; H\u00e1bitat Mujer Salud; Haiyya Foundation; Health Development Initiative (HDI)-Rwanda; Hidden Pockets; Human rights and civic participation association PaRiter; Human Rights in Childbirth; ICRH-Mozambique; IGLYO \u2013 The international lgbtqi youth and student organization; Iniciativas Sanitarias Uruguay; Institute of Health Management, Pachod; Institute of Human Rights Communication Nepal (IHRICON); Inter Pares; International Campaign for Women\u2019s Right to Safe Abortion; International Gender Equality, SOCITSHOPO (Coordination Civil Society of the DRC Tshopo); International Youth Alliance for Family Planning; Irish Council for Civil Liberties; Irish Family Planning Association; Jamia Millia Islamia University; KOGS; La Mesa por la Vida y la Salud de las Mujeres; Legal hub consultants; London-Irish Abortion Rights Campaign; Love Matters India; MARIA Abortion Fund for Social Justice; Marie Stopes M\u00e9xico; MDF Training & Consultancy; Men\u2019s Association for Gender Equality Sierra Leone (MAGE SL); Men\u2019s Story Project; MenEngage Africa; MenEngage Global Alliance; MenEngage Initiative Uganda; MenEngage Kenya Network (MenKen); Michaela Raab; Midwives for Choice; Mouvement Fran\u00e7ais pour le Planning Familial (MFPF); Mujer Y Salud en Uruguay \u2013 MYSU; MuMaLa-Mujeres de la Matria Latinoamericana; Musas de Metal Grupo de Mujeres Gay A.C.; Nakoroiki Park\u00a0 Association; National Abortion Federation; National coalition for Education; National Women\u2019s Council of Ireland; Nossal Institute for Global Health; Nuhanovic Foundation; Observatorio de Equidad de G\u00e9nero en Salud; Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice; Options for Sexual Health; Organizando Trans Diversidades OTD Chile; PACE Society; Pacific Feminist SRHR Coalition; Paper Crown Institute; PARI O DISPARE; Participatory Human Rights Advancement Society; Participatory Human Rights Advancement Society; PIECE (Prostitutes Involved, Empowered, Cogent Edmonton); Planned Parenthood Ottawa; Pro Salud Sexual y Reproductiva, A.C.; Pro-Choice Wexford; Programa G\u00e9nero, Cuerpo y Sexualidad (Universidad de la Rep\u00fabica); Programa Iguales ante la ley-CDC; Programa Interdisciplinario de Estudios de G\u00e9nero, Universidad de Guadalajara; Promundo-US; Radha Paudel Foundation; Reconstruction Women\u2019s Fund; Red Latinoamericana de G\u00e9nero y Salud Colectiva ALAMES; Red Mujer y H\u00e1bitat de Am\u00e9rica Latina; Red Tengo Derecho a mi Cuerpo Haurralde Fundazioa; Repeal The 8th Dublin Midwest; Reproductive Health Association of Cambodia (RHAC); Reproductive Health Training Center from Moldova; R\u00e9seau Genre et Droits de la Femme \u2013 GEDROFE; Resource Center for Women and Girls; RESURJ \u2013 Realizing Sexual and Reproductive Justice Alliance; RHAC; Riskou Poulakou; Romanian Women\u2019s Lobby; Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists; Sahil, Pakistan; SAHR; SAMYAK, Pune; Sarajevo Open Centre; Seres (con) viver com o VIH; Servicios Humanitarios en Salud Sexual y Reproductiva, A.C.; Sex og Politikk (IPPF Norway); Sexual and Reproductive Justice Coalition; Sexuality Policy Watch; She-Hive Association; Societatea de Planificare a Familiei din Moldova (SPFM)\/Family Planning Association of Moldova ; Society for Education in Contraception and Sexuality (SECS) Romania; Society for Feminist Analyses AnA Romania; Society for Women\u2019s Action and Training Initiative; Society Without Violence NGO; Solidarit\u00e9 des Femmes Burundaises pour la lutte contre le Sida et le Paludisme au Burundi; Solidarite des Femmes Burundaises pour le Bien Etre Social et le Progres au Burundi; SPECTRA: Young Feminists, Rwanda; Spectrum; SRHR platform Ghana; Srijanatmak Manushi Sanstha; Stella, l\u2019amie de Maimie; Success Capital Organisation; Sukaar Welfare Organization Pakistan; Surkun; Sustainable Consulting; SWISSAID; Synergia \u2013 Initiatives for Human Rights; Taller Salud; Terre Des Jeunes Burundi; TFMR Ireland; The Bridges We Burn; The Legal Center for Women\u2019s Initiatives \u201cSana Sezim\u201d; Tonga Leitis Association ; Uganda Network of young people living with HIV & AIDS; UNAM; Unidas por La Paz I A P; Uni\u00f3n Democr\u00e1tica de Mujeres \u2013UDEMU; Uprising of Women in the Arab World; Urgent Action Fund for Women\u2019s Human Rights; Vecinas Feministas por la Justicia Sexual y Reproductiva en Am\u00e9rica Latina y el Caribe; VOICE MALE Magazine; Voice Your Abortion; White Ribbon Canada; WISH Associates; WO=MEN; Women Interfaith Council\/Network of Men Leaders on Violence Against Women; women on waves; women on web; Women\u2019s Link Worldwide; Women\u2019s Solidarity Namibia; YouAct, European Youth Network on Sexual Reproductive Rights; Youth Harvest Foundation Ghana; and Zeromacho.<\/p>\n

[ii]<\/a> WHO: http:\/\/www.who.int\/mediacentre\/factsheets\/fs388\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n

[iii]<\/a> Ibid.<\/p>\n

[iv]<\/a> WHO: http:\/\/www.who.int\/reproductivehealth\/topics\/unsafe_abortion\/magnitude\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n

[v]<\/a> Center for Reproductive Rights, Breaking Ground, Treaty Monitoring Bodies on Reproductive Rights, 2016, available at https:\/\/www.reproductiverights.org\/document\/breaking-ground-2016-treaty-monitoring-bodies-on-reproductive-rights<\/a>
\nFor full list of signatories, see Sexual Rights Initiative: http:\/\/www.sexualrightsinitiative.com\/2017\/hrc\/hrc-36-session\/joint-statement-on-access-to-safe-and-legal-abortion-globally\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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