Issue of interest

Human rights mechanism

Treaty bodies

UPR cycles

Country

SURINAME-ABORTION-TBs-CCPR

Country: Suriname

Issue: Abortion

Human rights mechanism: Treaty bodies

Treaty body: Human Rights Committee - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

Concluding Observations on Report 4 (2024) (Link)

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Concluding Observations on Report 3 (2015) (Link)

[no mention]

Concluding Observations on Report 2 (2004) (Link)

[no mention]

Concluding Observations on Report 1 (1980) (Link)

291. … Could a woman, after bearing a certain number of children, terminate a subsequent pregnancy without committing a crime?

304. … Abortion was prohibited except when recommended on medical grounds.

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