In this event to be held at the UN Human Rights Council, the Center for Reproductive Rights will speak about the Alyne Case in relation to which Brazil has been considered by the CEDAW Committee to have infringed the principles of the convention in 2011. Past two years the Brazilian state has not yet responded as required to he recommendations issued by the Committee in relation to financial and symbolic reparations as well as effective policy policy measures to reduce maternal mortality levels. Click here to read more about it.