Human Rights and Reprisals
From the international organization for the defense of human rights, the case of Vanessa Mendoza stands out, who was tried for a crime against the prestige of the institutions after denouncing the harmful effects of the total ban on abortion in Andorra. In addition, the annual report of the Secretary General of the UN, published last October, includes Andorra in a list of 40 countries in the world where reprisals are taken against individuals and organizations for cooperating with the UN (https:// www.softcatala.org/resum-de-textos-en-catala/).
Legislation and Repression
Amnesty International points out that, in contravention of international human rights law, defamation legislation that penalizes legitimate criticism of the authorities is still in force. In addition, the total ban on abortion remains in place, forcing those who need to terminate a pregnancy to travel to other countries to receive essential medical assistance, violating their rights and causing them additional suffering.
Rights of Adolescents
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has asked the Andorran authorities to decriminalize abortion and guarantee access for adolescents to a safe abortion and post-intervention care services in Andorra. This is particularly relevant since Andorra is the only country in Western, Central and South-Eastern Europe that maintains the ban on abortion.
