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Letter to Baroness Scotland of Asthal: Re: Request for the United Kingdom to Propose a Security Council Resolution Referring the Burma Situation to the International Criminal Court, May 2008
United Kingdom Pledges to Ensure Abortion Access for Women Raped in War
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 10, 2013
[NEW YORK, NY] - The United Kingdom (UK) announced a historic change in their policy on abortions for women raped in armed conflict, a move that should have enormous global impact on health care given women in war zones. UK government spokesperson, Baroness Northover, speaking in the House of Lords on January 9, 2013, acknowledged that girls and women raped in armed conflict have absolute legal rights to comprehensive medical care, including abortions when medically necessary, under common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions.
Suggested List of Issues to Country Report Task Force on the United States of America
Letter from European Commission Directorate-General of Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
Reply of the European Commission Directorate-General of Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) to the Global Justice Center’s August 14, 2012 letter entitled, “EU humanitarian aid for women raped in armed conflict must respect their rights to non-discriminatory medical care under International Humanitarian Law."