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Nicaragua For Nicaraguans, International Women’s Day Marks a Step Back By Angela Heimburger and Lance Lattig Until recently, Nicaraguan women had something to celebrate on March 8, International Women’s Day. Nicaraguan women have fought for years to protect women’s rights, not to restrict them, and decades ago the government eliminated some of the sexist laws that discriminated against women. March 8, 2008 Commentary Also available in 
Printer friendly version Abortion ban killing women By Lance Lattig and Angela Heimburger Published in Miami Herald A year after elections in Nicaragua returned Daniel Ortega to power, scores of pregnant women have died, many as a consequence of a new law that prohibits doctors from providing lifesaving treatment. October 22, 2007 Commentary Also available in
Printer friendly version Nicaragua: New Abortion Ban Puts Women’s Lives at Risk President Ortega Should Show Leadership by Protecting Women s Lives Nicaragua’s blanket ban on abortion, which criminalizes life-saving medical treatment, has had a devastating impact on women’s health and lives, Human Rights Watch said today in the first-ever report on the human rights consequences of the ban, which was enacted in November 2006. October 2, 2007 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Over Their Dead Bodies Denial of Access to Emergency Obstetric Care and Therapeutic Abortion in Nicaragua This 18-page report documents how this ban on abortion has made women afraid to seek even legal health services. Fearing prosecution under the new law, doctors are unwilling to provide necessary care. The report is based on interviews with officials, doctors from the public and private health systems, women in need of health services, and family members of women who died as a result of the ban. HRW Index No.: B1902 October 2, 2007 Report Also available in
Download PDF, 130 KB, 18 pgs Purchase online Read Press Release Nicaragua: Blanket Ban on Abortion Harms Women Women Afraid to Seek Life-Saving Treatment Nicaragua’s new blanket ban on abortion – even in cases of rape, incest or life-threatening pregnancy – violates international human rights standards and poses a grave risk to women, Human Rights Watch said today in an open letter to the country’s Supreme Court. August 30, 2007 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Nicaragua: Penal Reform Constitutes an Assault on Human Rights Human Rights Watch Condemns the Elimination of Therapeutic Abortion From the Penal Code The congressional vote which today eliminated all exceptions to the general penalization of abortion in Nicaragua constitutes a direct threat to human rights, said Human Rights Watch. The new penal code penalizes abortion even when it is carried out to save the pregnant woman’s life, or when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest. October 26, 2006 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version DR-CAFTA Falls Short on Workers’ Rights By Carol Pier (*) The U.S. House of Representatives will likely vote before the end of this week on the U.S.-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA). The House should reject the accord for falling short on workers' human rights because it does not require countries to protect women workers from discrimination or to have laws that meet international labor standards. July 27, 2005 Commentary Printer friendly version The United States-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement Falls Short on Workers' Rights Written Testimony Submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to testify regarding workers’ human rights under the proposed United States-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (D.R.-CAFTA). Human Rights Watch takes no position on free trade per se, but we take an active interest in workers’ human rights. We believe that trade agreements can provide leverage to promote workers’ rights, but only when meaningful, enforceable labor rights protections are built into the fabric of the accords. Unfortunately, D.R.-CAFTA does not contain such protections. April 21, 2005 Testimony Printer friendly version Labor Rights Protections in CAFTA In January 2003, U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) negotiations began among the United States, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. The final negotiating round is scheduled for early December 2003. CAFTA presents an important opportunity to raise labor standards throughout Central America. Free trade alone, however, cannot guarantee greater respect for workers’ rights. Instead, meaningful protections for workers’ human rights should be built into CAFTA. October 14, 2003 Background Briefing Printer friendly version The Right Way to Trade This week the United States and Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua have been conducting the sixth of nine negotiating rounds for a U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). The United States has already proposed labor rights provisions for CAFTA similar to those in the U.S free trade agreements with Chile and Singapore. But those are the wrong models. August 1, 2003 Commentary The Right Way to Trade By Carol Pier, Expert for Labor Rights and Trade Issues at Human Rights Watch Published in The Washington Post The Bush administration is quietly carrying on a major new trade negotiation with Central America that could show -- contrary to the notion that globalization hurts workers -- how international trade deals can increase respect for labor rights. But the Bush team must get the right formula into its briefing books. August 1, 2003 Commentary Printer friendly version Nicaragua: Child Soldiers Global Report 2001 From the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers There are indications of under-18s in government armed forces as voluntary recruitment is possible from the age of 17. However, there are no reports of under 18-year-olds serving at present. June 12, 2001 Multi Country Report Nicaragua: Landmine Monitor Report 2000 Key developments since March 1999: The Mine Ban Treaty entered into force for Nicaragua on 1 May 1999. National implementing legislation was signed into law on 7 December 1999. Nicaragua began destruction of its AP mine stockpile in April 1999, and had destroyed 40,000 mines as of May 2000. As of January 2000, some $20.8 million had been committed of the estimated $27 million needed to complete mine clearance by 2004. By the end of 1999, 1.291 square kilometers of land had been cleared and 54,107 AP mines destroyed from 524 sites. The number of mine victims reportedly has declined. August 1, 2000 Multi Country Report Separating Facts from Fiction: The Work of the Tripartite Commission in Nicaragua Since the inauguration of Pres. Chamorro in 1990, Nicaragua has been the scene of significant political turmoil and political violence, including violent strikes, destruction of property, politically- inspired kidnappings and the assassination of political figures. Police investigations were marked by irregularities and no suspects have been identified or detained. However, the most dramatic development was a wave of uprisings against the government by former members of the armed opposition or contras and by groups of former Sandinista army officers alleging the government’s failure to deliver on promises of land, credit, housing and other benefits promised earlier. October 1, 1994 Report
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