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TANZANIA-ABORTION-TBs-CCPR

Country: Tanzania (United Republic Of)

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 (2009) (Link)

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Concluding Observations on Report 3 (1998) (Link)

15. The Committee deplores the law in force in Zanzibar which allows for the imprisonment of both mother and father in the event of an unmarried woman becoming pregnant. In the Committee’s view, this carries risks to the right to life (art. 6) (through resort to illegal abortion) and to the rights of the child (arts. 23 and 24) if born in such circumstances. It recommends the abolition of this law in Zanzibar and, noting in this connection that illegal abortion is a major cause of maternal mortality, that a national review be carried out on the restrictions on abortions (arts. 3, 6 and 26).

Concluding Observations on Report 2 (1992) (Link)

[no mention]

Concluding Observations on Report 1 (1981) (Link)

[no mention]

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