Description

Performing surgery which has the purpose or effect of terminating a woman’s capacity to naturally reproduce without her prior and informed consent or understanding of the procedure.

Additional notes and information

It involves surgery which has the purpose or effect of terminating a woman’s capacity to naturally reproduce without her prior and informed consent or understanding of the procedure and its consequences. Forced sterilisation constitutes violence against women and is a form of harmful practice that negatively affects women’s physical and mental health and violates their right to reproductive autonomy.

Sources

Council of Europe (2011). Explanatory Report to the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence and its Explanatory Memorandum. Council of Europe Treaty Series No 210;