Reference:
Briefing Paper: October 2001
Annotation:
This paper begins with a discussion of the extent to which the reproductive health of women refugees and internally displaced persons is threatened by their vulnerable situation, including the risk of sexual coercion and the lack of access to reproductive health care. The paper then moves to consider the relevant legal and policy framework for the protection of these populations. The paper explicitly identifies the relevant human rights provisions and provides the text from international and regional treaties and conventions which protect these rights. In conclusion, the paper states that the right to reproductive self-determination is critical for the protection of refugee women. [Descriptors: Migration - Refugees and Immigration, International]