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SURINAME-ABORTION-UPR-CYCLE3

Country: Suriname

Issue: Abortion

Human rights mechanism: UPR

UPR cycle: 3 (2017-2022)

Incoming recommendations: (Link)

  • 98.47 Decriminalize abortion by revising article 309 of the Penal Code to respect, protect and fulfil women’s and girls’ human rights to health (Iceland) [NOTED]
  • 98.48 Decriminalize abortion in all circumstances and remove legal, administrative and practical barriers to accessing safe and legal abortion services in order to comply, inter alia, with article 36 (2) of the Constitution of Suriname (Netherlands) [NOTED]

Outgoing recommendations:

[none applicable]

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