The Global Governance of the Protection of the Rights to Abortion The Global Governance of the Protection of the Rights to Abortion

Abstract

The objective of this academic article is to study the process of global governance in protecting human rights, focusing on the issue of the rights to terminate pregnancy. It aims to examine the efforts made to genuinely protect the rights to terminate pregnancy on an international level, involving both state and non-state actors, such as civil society and human rights organizations. The study follows a three-step framework of global governance. The first step is to identify the problem and raise awareness to foster a collective understanding of the necessity to protect human rights in this particular issue. The next step involves mobilizing cooperation, where various actors come together to advocate for equal protection of human rights for all groups. The final step is establishing institutionalized protection of the right to terminate pregnancy to ensure effective and sustainable enforcement. This guarantees that the protection of rights in this matter becomes a reality and is consistently enforced. The study findings indicate that the protection of the right to terminate pregnancy is not yet universally recognized. The process of global governance has prompted legal changes in some countries regarding this issue. However, actual changes within each country must come from internal pressures and movements by domestic actors.