and/or health of the pregnant woman, or serious fetal malformation and decriminalize all other cases where women undergo abortion? 4. What steps has the state party taken to ensure women’s access to humane, compassionate, non-judgmental, and quality post-abortion care services in all health care facilities as guaranteed under the MCW and RPRHA? What steps have been taken to relist and reintroduce misoprostol, which is recognized by the WHO as an essential medicine for the treatment of post-partum haemorrhage, incomplete abortion, and miscarriage? 5. What steps has the state party taken to establish complaint mechanisms and ensure effective legal remedies for violations of women’s reproductive rights, including post-abortion care abuse? Will role will the CHR in its capacity as Gender Ombud play in providing remedies for reproductive rights violations? When will the RHOs mandated under the RPRHA implementing rules be designated? Respectfully Signed: Center for Reproductive Rights EnGendeRights International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights WomanHealth Philippines Inc. Population Services Pilipinas Inc. 1 Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee), Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), Combined seventh and eighth period reports of States parties due in 2010, Phil., U.N. Doc. CEDAW/C/PHL/7-8 (2015) [hereinafter State party Report]. 2 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, adopted Dec. 18, 1979, G.A. Res. 34/180, U.N. GAOR, 34th Sess., Supp. No. 46, U.N. Doc. A/34/46, U.N.T.S. 13 (entered into force Sept. 3, 1981) [hereinafter Convention]. 3 Letter from Task Force CEDAW Inquiry, the Center and International Women’s Rights Action Watch, AsiaPacific to the CEDAW Committee (June 2, 2008) [hereinafter Shadow Letter]. 4 CEDAW Committee, Summary of the inquiry concerning the Philippines under Article 8 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, U.N. Doc. CEDAW/C/OP.8/PHL/1 (2015) [hereinafter CEDAW Committee, Inquiry Report]. 5 CEDAW Committee, Concluding Observations: Philippines, U.N. Doc. CEDAW/C/PHI/CO/6 (2006) [hereinafter CEDAW Committee, Concluding Observations: Philippines]. 6 Id., para. 27. 7 Id., para. 28. 8 An Act Providing for the Magna Carta of Women, Rep. Act No. 9710 (2009) (Phil.) [hereinafter MCW]; An Act Providing for a National Policy on Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health, Rep. Act No. 10354 (2012) (Phil.) [hereinafter RPRHA]. 9 MCW, supra note 8, sec. 17(3); RPRHA, supra note 8, secs. 3(e), 3(h). 10 MCW, supra note 8, sec. 17(7); RPRHA, supra note 8, secs. 3(j), 4(q)(3). See also, Implementing Rules and Regulations of Rep. Act No. 10354 (The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012), Rule 2.01(n) (2012) (Phil.) [hereinafter IRR] (requiring that the government treat and counsel all women needing postabortion care in a "humane, non-judgmental and compassionate manner.") 11 Declaring Total Commitment and Support to the Responsible Parenthood Movement in the City of Manila and Enunciating Policy Declarations in Pursuit Thereof, Exec. Ord. No. 003 (2000) (Phil.). 12 Further Strengthening Family Health Services, Exec. Ord. No. 30 (2011) (Phil.). 10