Campaign news
New FIGO guidelines on sterilisation
Monday, 13 February 2012 22:03
Last year, the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) published new guidelines on sterilisation and informed consent. The document acknowledges that there is ample evidence of a long history of forced and otherwise non-consensual sterilisations of women, including Roma women in Europe, women with disabilities and women living with HIV.
Ruling European Court of Human Rights on forced sterilisation
Monday, 05 December 2011 14:01
In a groundbreaking decision, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that forced sterilisation is a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights. Several years ago, a Roma woman was forcibly sterilised in a state hospital in Eastern Slovakia during a Caesarean section.
New fact sheet on forced or coerced sterilisation
Friday, 07 October 2011 13:14
A new Open Society Foundations fact sheet provides information on instances of forced sterilisation of racial and ethnic minorities, poor women, women living with HIV, and women with disabilities.
IFHHRO & artist Bert Feddema join forces on the issue of pain management as human right!
Friday, 07 October 2011 08:21
Today’s society focuses mainly on the healthy and the strong. Although a large part of the population uses long term medication or experiences chronic pain this is almost never discussed; it is a taboo.
WMA and IFHHRO call for end to forced sterilisation
Tuesday, 20 September 2011 20:24
The World Medical Association (WMA) and IFHHRO have condemned the practice of forced and coerced sterilisation as forms of violence that severely harm physical and mental health and infringe human rights.
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A South African cardiologist, Wouter Basson, is facing charges of violating medical ethics for running the Apartheid government's chemical and biological warfare programme. He was interviewed recently after a Health Professions Council Disciplinary hearing, claiming that the hearing is politicallty motivated.
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