Lucia Berro Pizzarossa is a PhD Candidate at the University of Groningen, a Women Deliver Young Leader and a Legal and Advocacy Advisor at MYSU (Women & Health in Uruguay).|Lucia Berro Pizzarossa is a PhD Candidate at the University of Groningen, a Women Deliver Young Leader and a Legal and Advocacy Advisor at MYSU (Women & Health in Uruguay).
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Conscientious Objection or Conscious Oppression?: The Uphill Battle to Access Abortion Services in Uruguay
In October 2012, Uruguay passed Law 18,987 that waives criminal penalties for abortion in the first 12 weeks of gestation. Where the pregnancy results from rape, abortion is permitted in the first 14 weeks of gestation provided ...
Accountability for Human Rights Violations During Dictatorship in Uruguay
This Sunday, November 30 2014, Uruguayans will choose their next president and the country will celebrate 30 years of democratic elections after over a decade of civil-military dictatorship.
The country has come a long way since ...
Responsabilidad por la violación de Derechos Humanos en la Dictadura Uruguaya
Este Domingo, 30 de Noviembre de 2014, los Uruguayos elegirán su próximo presidente y el país celebrará 30 años de elecciones democráticas luego de más de 10 años de dictadura cívico-militar.
El país ha recorrido un largo camino ...
National Pro Bono Week – Advancing Human Rights In and Through Business
Continuing with our series on internships for National Pro Bono Week, Lucia Berro reflects on her time as an OPBP Intern, working to foster greater awareness of human rights law in the business world.
Before arriving in Oxford I ...
Where will the US go after Kiobel?
Last year, the landmark US Supreme Court decision of Kiobel held that the presumption against extraterritorial application of US law applies to the Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”) (see previous OxHRH posts here). This was significant as ...
