ICELAND-ABORTION-TBs-CCPR

Concluding Observations on Report 6 (2024) (Link)

3. The Committee welcomes the various legislative, policy and institutional measures implemented by the State party during the reporting period with a view to strengthening the protection of the rights enshrined in the Covenant, including the adoption of:

…(g) The Termination of Pregnancy Act (No. 43/2019), providing for full autonomy to decide on the termination of pregnancy until the end of the twenty-second week of pregnancy;…

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Concluding Observations on Report 5 (2012) (Link)

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Concluding Observations on Report 4 (2005) (Link)

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Concluding Observations on Report 3 (1998) (Link)

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Concluding Observations on Report 2 (1993) (Link)

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Concluding Observations on Report 1 (1982) (Link)

106. Commenting on article 6 of the Covenant, information was requested on the meaning of the statement in the report that the taking of a person’s life could be justified by necessity, whether that might include euthanasia and abortion, and on the ‘very strict conditions’ to which the taking of a person’s life was subject.

117. In respect of articles 23 and 24 of the Covenant, more information was requested on family life in Iceland, particularly on whether there was a recognized head of the family, whether there was a family magistrate, whether women had the right to abortion and on the legal effects of forms of cohabitation other than marriage, particularly with regard to the legal status of children born out of wedlock and their right of inheritance.

123. In connection with article 6, he stated that the taking of a person’s life was justified only in the case of self-defence, that euthanasia was prohibited and that abortion was not regarded in Icelandic legislation as the taking of a person’s life.

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