Christina Zampas
Speeches:
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Abortion as a human right: recent international human rights body decisions
Christina Zampas, Legal Adviser for Europe
Center for Reproductive Rights, USA
Recent court decisions related to abortion both at the national and international levels
have been supportive of women's right to access safe and legal abortion. This
presentation will focus on the recent decision of the UN Human Rights Committee in the
groundbreaking case of K.L. v. Peru which found in favor of the Center's client. The
Decision establishes that denying access to legal abortion in certain circumstances
violates women's most basic human rights. The presentation will also discuss the
implications of this case worldwide. Finally, the presentation will note some recent and
forthcoming decisions from the European Court of Human Rights on abortion-related
issues.