International Reproductive and Sexual Health Law Program

REGISTER NOW for March 18 Panel to discuss outstanding issues re Beatriz v. El Salvador, with IACHR Judge Humberto Sierra Porto and expert panelists Roberto Saba, Silvia Serrano, Rebecca Cook & Juan Méndez. Open to the public | Spanish + English interpretation.

*REGISTER NOW for Mar 18: IACHR Judge & experts discuss Beatriz v El Salvador issues on Zoom Beatriz and others v. El Salvador was a case of profound significance for the protection of sexual and reproductive health and rights in Latin America. In December 2024, the Inter-American Court is…

REPROHEALTHLAW UPDATES re: Colombia Constitutional Court, IACtHR re Ecuador (Norma),Nicaragua (Lucia, Susana) Venezuela CEDAW Poland, abortion law challenges: Dominica and in Antigua and Barbuda, child marriage in Peru:

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New IACtHR ruling in case of Beatriz v. El Salvador, Nov 22, 2024, English comment by and autotrans of partial dissent is now online:

IACtHR ruling: Beatriz v. El Salvador Many thanks to Dana Repka, an LL.M. student and International Reproductive and Sexual Health Law Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law, who kindly provided the following overvi…

Congratulations to Dipika Jain of the Jindal Global Law School, for publishing, "Legal Challenges in Expanding the Provider Base for Abortion in Asia" in International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics.168.3 (March 2025) 1345-1351. PDF is online.

Asia: Expanding the base of abortion providers Congratulations and thanks to Professor Dipika Jain, whose new article on “Legal Challenges in Expanding the Provider Base for Abortion in Asia” outlines the legal and policy reforms ne…

Congratulations to Katherine Mayall, Christina Zampas, and Rosario Grimà Algora, authors of "Mapping the Cross-Border Influence of Regional and International Reproductive Rights Cases," Journal of Human Rights Practice, 16.3, Nov 2024: 852–868. Abstract online, Institutional access to full text.

Mapping Cross-Border Influence of Regional and International RSHR Cases Congratulations to Katherine Mayall, Christina Zampas and Rosario Grimà Algora, whose new article in the Journal of Human Rights Practice focuses on four landmark cases (Alyne da Silva Pimentel v. …

Congratulations Joanna Erdman and Paola Bergallo, "Abortion Law Illiberalism and Feminist Politics in Comparative Perspective," 20 (October 2024) Annual Review of Law and Social Science :273-291 Abstract and article:

Abortion Law Illiberalism and Feminist Politics in Comparative Perspective Congratulations and thanks to Professors Joanna Erdman and Paola Bergallo, whose recently published article is now freely available online. Professor Erdman is the MacBain Chair in Health Law and P…

Law, Gender & Equality: Call for Papers

Law, Gender & Equality: Call for Papers Law, Gender and Equality – Call for papers (PDF)Direito, Gênero e Igualdade – Chamada para artigos (PDF)Derecho, Gênero y Igualdad – Convocatoria de Artículos (PDF)Call for Papers in: English…

Derecho, Gênero y Igualdad – Convocatoria de Artículos

Derecho, Gênero y Igualdad – Convocatoria de Artículos Derecho, Gênero y Igualdad – Convocatoria de Artículos (PDF)Law, Gender and Equality – Call for papers (PDF)Direito, Gênero e Igualdade – Chamada para artigos (PDF) Convocatoria de ArtículosDerecho…

Direito, Gênero e Igualdade – Chamada para artigos

Direito, Gênero e Igualdade – Chamada para artigos Direito, Gênero e Igualdade – Chamada para artigos (PDF)Law, Gender and Equality – Call for papers (PDF) Derecho, Gênero y Igualdad – Convocatoria de Artículos (PDF) Chamada de ArtigosDireito…

Restoring Mai Mapingure’s Equal Citizenship

Restoring Mai Mapingure’s Equal Citizenship Congratulations to Professors Charles G. Ngwena and Rebecca J. Cook, for analyzing and rewriting an historical decision by the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe in the new book Frontiers of Gender Equality…

“Gender Equality in Health Care: Reenvisioning CEDAW GR 24”

“Gender Equality in Health Care: Reenvisioning CEDAW GR 24” Congratulations to Joanna N. Erdman and Mariana Prandini Assis, whose chapter “Gender Equality in Health Care: Reenvisioning CEDAW General Recommendation 24” (“Women and Health& #8…

Read "Many Paths to Gender Equality," introduction to Rebecca Cook's edited anthology "Frontiers of Gender Equality: Transnational Legal Perspectives" (Penn Press 2023)

“Many Paths to Gender Equality” by Rebecca Cook Congratulations to Prof. Rebecca Cook, whose edited volume, FRONTIERS OF GENDER EQUALITY: TRANSNATIONAL LEGAL PERSPECTIVES, was published in May 2023 by the University of Pennsylvania Press. Profes…