12NOV15 Peru's CRC submission 71st session FINAL

In light of Peru’s upcoming review by the Committee under the Covenant, this letter will highlight Peru’s failure to comply with its obligations to respect, protect and fulfill women’s right to life, to live free of torture and ill-treatment, to privacy and to equal protection before the law by: (1) criminalizing of abortion in cases of sexual violence and (2) failing to provide access ... ................
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