Gender-Based Violence
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New Amicus Brief Defends Access to Abortions in Dominican Republic
Tags Share (May 8, 2015 | Washington, D.C.) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights filed an amicus curiae brief this week before the Constitutional Tribunal of the Dominican Republic urging the Tribunal to uphold the constitutionality of a recent amendment to the Penal Code that decriminalized access to abortion when the woman’s life is at risk…
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Femicide Reform Sought in Mexico
Cristina Escobar González’s murder spotlights ongoing impunity for those who commit violence against women in Mexico.
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Trans Murder Goes Uninvestigated
Police refused to investigate Leonela Zelaya’s case for 14 years, exhibiting the Honduran State’s disregard for trans people.
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Femicide Remains Rampant in Mexico
When these seven women were murdered or disappeared, the only thing police could find were excuses not to help.
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Murder Sparks Femicide Reform
Like far too many other women, Claudina Isabel Velásquez Paiz was “a victim whose murder should not be investigated.”
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