K.L. v. Peru

HRC held that Peruvian government violated Article 7 (the right to be free from cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment), Article 17 (the right to privacy) and Article 24 (special protection of the rights of a minor) when it denied 17 year-old the right to a legal therapeutic abortion.

Topics

• Gender-based violence in general

Geographical location

• South America
• Peru

Keywords

• reproductive rights
• cruel and unusual punishment
• peru
• 2003
• human rights committee

Year

• 2003

External URL

• K.L. v. Peru

Court

• Human Rights Committee

Type

• International Case Law

Jurisdiction

• Human Rights Committee