Case study Jane
Jane is an HIV-positive single mother in Namibia. She went to a state hospital to deliver her baby, where she was immediately met with abuse.
The hospital staff called her “dirty,” and told her she smelled. They also decided that Jane should not be allowed to have any more children because she has HIV, despite the availability of treatment to prevent the spread of HIV from mother-to-child.
The doctor insisted that Jane undergo a caesarian section to deliver her child, but first he required that she consent to be sterilized. If she refused the sterilization, the doctor would not deliver her baby. There are currently no laws in Namibia to prevent medical staff from coercing women to sterilization.
More than 1,600 Palestinian prisoners have agreed to end their hunger strike in exchange for concessions by Israel, including a modification to its practice of detention without charge or trial. 
As of June 1st 2012, the IFHHRO International Secretariat in Utrecht, the Netherlands, will be closed. The secretarial work of IFHHRO will continue with less capacity and with volunteers.
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