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UPR Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n UPR.info\u2019s\nDatabase of Recommendations<\/a> \u2013\nSearch by Country, Session, and More<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The following resources and research can be found in greater context in the report.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Policies, Laws, and Related Considerations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Amnesty\nInternational\u2019s CEDAW\nFact Sheet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Violence\nAgainst Women Act (VAWA) Fact Sheet<\/a> \u2013 American Immigration Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prison\nRape Elimination Act (PREA) Overview<\/a> \u2013 National PREA Resource Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n What\nis the Affordable Care Act?<\/a> \u2013 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nMarshall Project\u2019s Report on Zero Tolerance Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Case\nReversal<\/a>\nin Which Jeff Sessions, former Attorney General of the United States, Reversed\na Decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals Finding that Domestic Violence\nVictims May Apply for Asylum as a Special Group<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stepped Up\nIllegal-Entry Prosecutions Reduce Those for Other Crimes<\/a> by TRAC Immigration at Syracuse\nUniversity<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Pregnancy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Letter\nto U.S. Department of Homeland Security RE: U.S. Immigrations and Customs\nEnforcement\u2019s Detention and Treatment of Pregnant Women<\/a> by America Civil Liberties Union,\nAmerican Immigration Council, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Center\nfor Gender and Refugee Studies, Northwest Immigration Rights Project, Refugee\nand Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, and Women\u2019s Refugee\nCommission<\/p>\n\n\n\n U.S.\nImmigration and Customs Enforcement\u2019s Memorandum on Identification and\nMonitoring of Pregnant Detainees<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n ICE\nNot Following Its Own Rules on Releasing Pregnant People<\/a> \u2013 Rewire.News<\/p>\n\n\n\n 28\nWomen Have Miscarried in ICE Custody in the Last Two Years<\/a> \u2013 2019 Vice Article<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Her\nmiscarriage in ICE detention raises questions about care<\/a> \u2013 KUOW.org Article<\/p>\n\n\n\n Letter\nfrom The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Obstetricians and\nGynecologists and the American Academy of Family Physicians<\/a> Expressing Concern Over ICE\u2019s Decision\nto End Its Policy on Presumptive Release of Pregnant Women and Adolescents from\nImmigration Detention Facilities<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Violence Against Women<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n E.D.\nvs. Daniel Sharkey Case<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n E.D.\nv. Sharkey Amicus Brief<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Report of the Special\nRapporteur on Violence Against Women, Its Causes and Consequences<\/a> \u2013 United Nations<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nCost of Home Detention: Sexual Abuse and Assault<\/a> \u2013 Women\u2019s Refugee Commission<\/p>\n\n\n\n Case\nReversal<\/a>\nin Which Jeff Sessions, former Attorney General of the United States, Reversed\na Decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals Finding that Domestic Violence\nVictims May Apply for Asylum as a Special Group<\/p>\n\n\n\n Press\nRelease About Women Refugees Being At High Risk of Gender-Based Violence<\/a> \u2013\nEuropean Union Agency for Fundamental Rights<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Menstrual Care<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Report\nby Alma Poletti<\/a>,\nInvestigator with Washington State, Documenting Lack of Access to Menstrual\nProducts in Detention<\/p>\n\n\n\n Newsweek\nArticle about Prisoners\u2019 Lack of Access to Menstrual Products<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Article\nabout Lawsuit Filed by 19 States Against U.S. Government for Treatment of Youth\nIn Detention<\/a>,\nIncluding Lack of Access to Menstrual Products \u2013 Huffington Post<\/p>\n\n\n\n Understanding\nMenstrual Hygiene Management and Human Rights<\/a> \u2013 Human Rights Watch and WASH United<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Youth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n NPR\nReport<\/a>\non Tearful, Sick and Underfed Children in Border Control Facility<\/p>\n\n\n\n Letter\nfrom The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Obstetricians and\nGynecologists and the American Academy of Family Physicians<\/a> Expressing Concern Over ICE\u2019s Decision\nto End Its Policy on Presumptive Release of Pregnant Women and Adolescents from\nImmigration Detention Facilities<\/p>\n\n\n\n Article\nabout Lawsuit Filed by 19 States Against U.S. Government for Treatment of Youth\nIn Detention<\/a>,\nIncluding Lack of Access to Menstrual Products \u2013 Huffington Post<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Reproductive Care<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Undocumented\nTeen Held in Texas Is At The Heart Of An Abortion Fight<\/a> \u2013 National Public Radio<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n