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UN system abortion advocacy is illegal and cannot give rise to any new obligations that are contrary to what UN member states agreed in 1994 and have reaffirmed ever since.

Statement and Submissions

In 2020, the ministers and high representatives of 34 countries met to launch the Geneva Consensus Declaration (GCD), in which they committed to promoting four objectives: improve women’s health, protect human life, strengthen the family as the basic unit of society, and defend the sovereignty of nations concerning their laws and policies to protect life.[1] Iraq was one of the original signatories of the GCD. This report focuses on Iraq’s fulfillment of its commitments to human rights in the context of the four pillars of the GCD.

CEDAW Committee Orders Poland to Recognize Fundamental Right to Abortion.

The UN treaty body that focuses on women’s rights published a report this week accusing Poland of violating women’s rights by restricting abortion.  The CEDAW Committee called on Poland to support “the right to abortion as a fundamental right” and adopt standards in line with the guidelines of the World Health Organization, including “total decriminalization and legalization of abortion.”

Friday Fax

Rebecca Oas, Ph.D.

August 29, 2024

USAID’s Oversight Failures Erode Trust in Foreign Assistance.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has lost track of billions in U.S. foreign aid to UN agencies.

Friday Fax

Emmanuele Da Ponte

August 29, 2024

Checking the facts about the March 8 Principles by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ).

There has been a lot of coverage recently about a set of legal principles published by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) titled “The 8 March Principles for a Human…

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Rebecca Oas, Ph.D.

April 20, 2023

US and China Agree to Keep Pandemic Treaty Negotiations Secret.

The U.S. backed a proposal by China to prevent the public from seeing what positions governments take in negotiations over a new WHO treaty on pandemic prevention and preparedness this…

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Stefano Gennarini, J.D.

March 3, 2023

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