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Concluding Observations on Report 3 (2024) (Link)

Voluntary termination of pregnancy and sexual and reproductive rights

17. While the Committee acknowledges the approval of the free distribution and sale of the emergency contraceptive pill, it regrets that access is not yet guaranteed. The Committee is concerned that the State party has not taken any measures to follow up on its previous recommendations (para. 17) and that abortion continues to be classed as an offence punishable by imprisonment, without any exceptions, even when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest or when there is a risk to the life or health of the pregnant woman or girl. It has been reported that thousands of women seeking abortions have resorted to clandestine services that put their lives and health in danger (arts. 6, 7 and 8).

18. Bearing in mind the Committee’s previous recommendations (para. 17) and paragraph 8 of the Committee’s general comment No. 36 (2018) on the right to life, the State party should:…(d) Continue to develop and implement comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education programmes for men, women and children throughout the country, with a view inter alia to preventing unwanted pregnancies;

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Concluding Observations on Report 2 (2017) (Link)

[no mention]

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Concluding Observations on Report 1 (2006) (Link)

[no mention]

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