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International Standards and Definitions of Reproductive Human Rights: The Problem of Uncertainty in the Domestic Legal Order

Journal «MEDICINA» ¹ 1, 2022, pp.50-59 (Research)

Authors

Pirozhkova I. G.
PhD (History), PhD (Law), Assistant Professor, Chair for Constitutional and Municipal Law1

Pominova I. V.
MD, PhD, Chair for Hospital Surgery with the Course of Traumatology2

1 - Tambov State Technical University, Tambov, Russian Federation
2 - G. R. Derzhavin Tambov State University Tambov, Russian Federation

Corresponding Author

Iskevich Irina; e-mail: irina_77707@list.ru.

Conflict of interest

None declared.

Funding

The study had no sponsorship.

Abstract

The article describes the international regulatory framework fixing the definition of reproductive rights. The list of these rights has been identified and analyzed. The incompleteness of fixing human rights in the aforementioned area in the national constitutional and sectoral (medical) legislation is stated, the necessity of introducing the definition of reproductive rights into domestic legislation is formulated. The problem of compliance of the national legal framework in the field of medical legislation with international standards in this area is presented.

Key words

reproductive rights, reproductive violence, international human rights standards, personal rights, positive human rights

DOI

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