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Sobre: José Galindo (ed.), Mexico in Focus. Political, Environmental and Social Issues, Nova Publishers, New York, 2015, 430 pp.

Sobre: José Galindo (ed.), Mexico in Focus. Political, Environmental and Social Issues, Nova Publishers, New York, 2015, 430 pp.

El artículo es una reflexión sobre la relación de poder y control de las empresas capitalistas con la naturaleza, y cómoa través de la expansión del mercado los bienes de la naturaleza, como bien común de la humanidad, son explotados enformas devastadoras reduciendo los recursos naturales a simples mercancías de compra y venta, sin que estos bienes yservicios lleven incluido el costo de la carga del impacto ambiental-social, por medio del cual se está destruyendo el planeta. Las empresas en complicidad con los gobiernos de los estados y organismos internacionales no favorecen lacreación de instrumentos, políticas y espacios preventivos y punitivos para evitar el daño ambiental social que estasprovocan, debilitando los sistemas jurídicos de protección al medioambiente para continuar la sobre explotación, fielesa su enfoque mercantilista y utilitario. En este sentido, todo el daño que causan las empresas a la naturaleza no formaparte de sus inversiones financieras, no es parte de sus gastos, debido a que no internalizan los costos que lleva producirsus mercancías, haciéndolas más competitivas y rentables, porque no están pagando el costo real que cuesta producirsus bienes y servicios. Frente a estas actividades humanas tan destructivas la capacidad de regeneración natural de lanaturaleza es insuficiente. ; The article is a reflection on the power and control of capitalist enterprises with regards to nature and how, through market expansion, nature as a common good for humanity is exploited in devastating ways, reducing natural resources simple to the buying and selling of goods. Additionally, these goods and services are never including the cost to cover the burden of environmental and social impacts that contribute to destroy the planet. Companies, in complicity with the state governments and international organizations, do not favor the creation of instruments, policies and preventive and punitive social spaces to prevent environmental damage they cause, weakening the legal systems of environment protection in order to continue the overexploitation according to their mercantilist and utilitarian approach. In this sense, all the damage caused to nature by companies is not part of their financial investments; it is part of their expenses as they do not internalize the cost it takes to produce goods. This makes goods more competitive and profitable because not they are paying the actual cost for the production of their goods and services. In face of these human activities, Faced with these destructive human activities, the capacity of regeneration of nature is largely insufficient.

The article is a reflection on the power and control of capitalist enterprises with regards to nature and how, through market expansion, nature as a common good for humanity is exploited in devastating ways, reducing natural resources simple to the buying and selling of goods. Additionally, these goods and services are never including the cost to cover the burden of environmental and social impacts that contribute to destroy the planet. Companies, in complicity with the state governments and international organizations, do not favor the creation of instruments, policies and preventive and punitive social spaces to prevent environmental damage they cause, weakening the legal systems of environment protection in order to continue the overexploitation according to their mercantilist and utilitarian approach. In this sense, all the damage caused to nature by companies is not part of their financial investments; it is part of their expenses as they do not internalize the cost it takes to produce goods. This makes goods more competitive and profitable because not they are paying the actual cost for the production of their goods and services. In face of these human activities, Faced with these destructive human activities, the capacity of regeneration of nature is largely insufficient. ; El artículo es una reflexión sobre la relación de poder y control de las empresas capitalistas con la naturaleza, y cómoa través de la expansión del mercado los bienes de la naturaleza, como bien común de la humanidad, son explotados enformas devastadoras reduciendo los recursos naturales a simples mercancías de compra y venta, sin que estos bienes yservicios lleven incluido el costo de la carga del impacto ambiental-social, por medio del cual se está destruyendo el planeta. Las empresas en complicidad con los gobiernos de los estados y organismos internacionales no favorecen lacreación de instrumentos, políticas y espacios preventivos y punitivos para evitar el daño ambiental social que estasprovocan, debilitando los sistemas jurídicos de protección al medioambiente para continuar la sobre explotación, fielesa su enfoque mercantilista y utilitario. En este sentido, todo el daño que causan las empresas a la naturaleza no formaparte de sus inversiones financieras, no es parte de sus gastos, debido a que no internalizan los costos que lleva producirsus mercancías, haciéndolas más competitivas y rentables, porque no están pagando el costo real que cuesta producirsus bienes y servicios. Frente a estas actividades humanas tan destructivas la capacidad de regeneración natural de lanaturaleza es insuficiente.

The article is a reflection on the power and control of capitalist enterprises with regards to nature and how, through market expansion, nature as a common good for humanity is exploited in devastating ways, reducing natural resources simple to the buying and selling of goods. Additionally, these goods and services are never including the cost to cover the burden of environmental and social impacts that contribute to destroy the planet. Companies, in complicity with the state governments and international organizations, do not favor the creation of instruments, policies and preventive and punitive social spaces to prevent environmental damage they cause, weakening the legal systems of environment protection in order to continue the overexploitation according to their mercantilist and utilitarian approach. In this sense, all the damage caused to nature by companies is not part of their financial investments; it is part of their expenses as they do not internalize the cost it takes to produce goods. This makes goods more competitive and profitable because not they are paying the actual cost for the production of their goods and services. In face of these human activities, Faced with these destructive human activities, the capacity of regeneration of nature is largely insufficient. ; El artículo es una reflexión sobre la relación de poder y control de las empresas capitalistas con la naturaleza, y cómoa través de la expansión del mercado los bienes de la naturaleza, como bien común de la humanidad, son explotados enformas devastadoras reduciendo los recursos naturales a simples mercancías de compra y venta, sin que estos bienes yservicios lleven incluido el costo de la carga del impacto ambiental-social, por medio del cual se está destruyendo el planeta. Las empresas en complicidad con los gobiernos de los estados y organismos internacionales no favorecen lacreación de instrumentos, políticas y espacios preventivos y punitivos para evitar el daño ambiental social que estasprovocan, debilitando los sistemas jurídicos de protección al medioambiente para continuar la sobre explotación, fielesa su enfoque mercantilista y utilitario. En este sentido, todo el daño que causan las empresas a la naturaleza no formaparte de sus inversiones financieras, no es parte de sus gastos, debido a que no internalizan los costos que lleva producirsus mercancías, haciéndolas más competitivas y rentables, porque no están pagando el costo real que cuesta producirsus bienes y servicios. Frente a estas actividades humanas tan destructivas la capacidad de regeneración natural de lanaturaleza es insuficiente.

Social Networking Sites (SNS) as global providers of Internet services raise new challenges in the field of conflict of laws. The most prominent service providers have their headquarters in the US and their business models allow them to offer global services to users around the world under the same terms or conditions. SNS providers typically have recourse to standard terms intended to be applicable to all their users and include choice of forum and choice of law clauses in favour of US courts and US laws. Against this background, the present contribution analyzes applicable law issues raised by social networking sites from the perspective of the European Union (and its Member States). The article addresses the position of SNS providers in the light of the EU harmonization rules on e-commerce and the influence of the place of establishment in the scope of obligations imposed on them. Also the law applicable to the agreements concluded with users is discussed focusing on the implications of their possible characterization as consumer contracts and on the aspects related to the formation of the contract. Determining the law applicable to online activities involving SNS is also essential for the protection of rights and interests of third parties, in particular with regard to intellectual property and personality rights. Additionally, the effective enforcement of EU law to Internet activities in key areas such as data protection requires now determining the mandatory scope of international application of EU or national law with respect to the activities of SNS.

Despite a growing body of literature on how environmental degradation can fuel civil war, the reverse effect, namely that of conflict on environmental outcomes, is relatively understudied. From a theoretical point of view this effect is ambiguous, with some forces pointing to pressures for environmental degradation and some pointing in the opposite direction. Hence, the overall effect of conflict on the environment is an empirical question. We study this relationship in the case of Colombia. We combine a detailed satellite-based longitudinal dataset on forest cover across municipalities over the period 1990-2010 with a comprehensive panel of conflict-related violent actions by paramilitary militias. We first provide evidence that paramilitary activity significantly reduces the share of forest cover in a panel specification that includes municipal and time fixed effects. Then we confirm these findings by taking advantage of a quasi-experiment that provides us with an exogenous source of variation for the expansion of the paramilitary. Using the distance to the region of Urab´a, the epicenter of such expansion, we instrument paramilitary activity in each cross-section for which data on forest cover is available. As a falsification exercise, we show that the instrument ceases to be relevant after the paramilitaries largely demobilized following peace negotiations with the government. Further, after the demobilization the deforestation effect of the paramilitaries disappears. We explore a number of potential mechanisms that may explain the conflict-driven deforestation, and show evidence suggesting that paramilitary violence generates large outflows of people in order to secure areas for growing illegal crops, exploit mineral resources, and engage in extensive agriculture. In turn, these activities are associated with deforestation.

This paper deals with the environmental responsibility of the Statutory Auditor based on an oversight and intermediation role of this body, which is co-working with the State in the social interest. So National Government has given tasks related to inspection and supervision upon economic activities of public and private entities to develop their social purpose in the country in order to tackle environmental issues affecting their performance. A question seeks to address whether Auditing interferes or not to protect "public interest", otherwise it is required to understand its responsibility against environmental issues by entities or organizations where several relevant tasks are done. ; En este artículo se hace una reflexión sobre la responsabilidad en materia ambiental de la Revisoría Fiscal partiendo del entendido que éste es un órgano de fiscalización e intermediación, que colabora con el Estado en la defensa del interés público, por lo cual el gobierno nacional le ha endilgado funcionesrelacionadas con su actividad de inspección y vigilancia sobre las actividades económicas de los entes públicos y privados que desarrollan su objeto social en el país abordando aspectos ambientales que inciden en su desempeño. La pregunta que se busca resolver en este escrito se centra en sí la Revisoría Fiscal tiene injerencia en la defensa del "interés público" y en ese evento comprender cuál sería su responsabilidad frente a los aspectos ambientales de los entes u organizaciones en donde realiza su trabajo

This paper deals with the environmental responsibility of the Statutory Auditor based on an oversight and intermediation role of this body, which is co-working with the State in the social interest. So National Government has given tasks related to inspection and supervision upon economic activities of public and private entities to develop their social purpose in the country in order to tackle environmental issues affecting their performance. A question seeks to address whether Auditing interferes or not to protect "public interest", otherwise it is required to understand its responsibility against environmental issues by entities or organizations where several relevant tasks are done. ; En este artículo se hace una reflexión sobre la responsabilidad en materia ambiental de la Revisoría Fiscal partiendo del entendido que éste es un órgano de fiscalización e intermediación, que colabora con el Estado en la defensa del interés público, por lo cual el gobierno nacional le ha endilgado funcionesrelacionadas con su actividad de inspección y vigilancia sobre las actividades económicas de los entes públicos y privados que desarrollan su objeto social en el país abordando aspectos ambientales que inciden en su desempeño. La pregunta que se busca resolver en este escrito se centra en sí la Revisoría Fiscal tiene injerencia en la defensa del "interés público" y en ese evento comprender cuál sería su responsabilidad frente a los aspectos ambientales de los entes u organizaciones en donde realiza su trabajo

Colombia es un país bio-diverso ambientalmente, privilegiado por su posición geográfica y recursos naturales. Sin embargo, los problemas ambientales como la deforestación, las sequías, los residuos sólidos en bosques y fuentes hídricas, la polución del aire y la minería ilegal, entre otros, están acabando con los recursos naturales y la biodiversidad del país. Con todo, hay agencias de cooperación internacional oficiales, de países del norte y del sur y Organizaciones No Gubernamentales (ONG), que están ayudando a Colombia a solventar los problemas ambientales. Colombia ha iniciado un proceso de negociación de paz con la guerrilla de las Farc-EP en el año 2012, que concluyó el 24 de noviembre de 2016 a través de la suscripción del Acuerdo de Colón. En el marco de una coyuntura favorable de inversión económica y social en el país, ciertos cooperantes internacionales, desde el comienzo mismo de la negociación a la fecha, han estado activos en la transferencia de recursos destinados a la conservación de los ecosistemas nacionales por cuenta del cada vez más evidente impacto global negativo que se deriva de su deterioro ; CONTENIDO 1. RESUMEN 2. OBJETIVO 2.1 OBJETIVO GENERAL 2.2 OBJETIVOS ESPECÍFICOS 3. Colombia y su medio ambiente 4. Cumbre de la tierra y la Constitución Colombiana 5. Conflicto colombiano y daño ambiental 6. Proceso de paz en Colombia 7. Cooperación Internacional en Colombia relacionada con el medio ambiente 7.1 APC 7.2 Unión Europea 7.3 Estados Unidos 7.4 Alemania 7.5 Organización de las Naciones Unidas, ONU 7.6 Noruega 7.7 España 8. Conclusión 9. Bibliografía ; Colombia is a bio-diverse country environmentally, privileged by its geographical position and natural resources. However, environmental problems such as deforestation, droughts, solid waste in forests and water sources, air pollution and illegal mining, among others; they are destroying the country's natural resources and biodiversity. However, there are official international cooperation agencies from countries in the North and South and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), which are helping Colombia to solve environmental problems. Colombia has initiated a peace negotiation process with the FARC-EP guerrilla in 2012, which concluded on November 24, 2016 through the signing of the Colón Agreement. Within the framework of a favorable economic and social investment situation in the country, certain international donors, from the very beginning of the negotiation to date, have been active in the transfer of resources destined to the conservation of national ecosystems on behalf of the increasingly evident negative global impact that derives from its deterioration ; Pregrado

Migration is a fundamental aspect of international political economy (IPE). It encompasses every aspect of the field of study but has been distanced from IPE mainstream. Nonetheless, it is an international phenomenon that requires joint participation and negotiation between the sending and receiving countries to determine their policies. Migration generates interdependence from below, where micro-structures are initiated by the people. States, politic, economic and social aspects are inherently touched by people's mobility. In this article we will highlight the impact that remittances have on the home country, and how dependent Guatemala is on fluctuations of the host country. It will explore how remittances shape Guatemala's economy.This article will follow three main questions: Why do people migrate from Guatemala to the United States? How does emigration impact Guatemala economically and socially? What are the challenges the Guatemalan government faces and needs to overcome to move forward from an ever growing dependency on emigration? It will be argued that remittances generate a greater dependency to the US. Remittances represent one of the main incomes in Guatemala. Not only are they bound to the receiving country's volatility (e.g. economic crisis and immigration law), they are not sustainable in the long term. But underdeveloped countries have yet to realise this in their policies, as remittances feature as a cushion to the balance of payment and emigration a relief to unemployment rates. Nevertheless, it is an issue that has to be targeted immediately. Furthermore, it is argued that social networks are the cornerstone of migration. The social impact on determinants of out-migration, diaspora and return are all intertwined within security issues, where American originated gangs return to their home countries, exporting criminal behaviour (known as the cost of social remittances). (1) Maras in conjunction with organised crime are new actors in determinants of emigration. This vicious circle revolves not only around IPE but becomes an international security issue. The state must act now for it to avoid its own erosion and cataclysm in the long term, taking down its credibility, economy and security.Heated debates come afloat between international migration and economic development. On one hand, there is the assumption that economic development will enhance emigration and others who argue the opposite. This article will favour the latter argument that development will improve conditions for potential migrants to stay home. Since Guatemala's emigration came basically from political instability and insecurity, an important variable is the current economic and security situation. Internal migration and refugee movements initiated during the civil war and terror repression, were it is estimated that over 200,000 people were killed or disappeared. A politically generated migration mobilised and displaced 1.5 million people between 1981 and 1983. (2) Most people fled to neighbouring countries as refugees and asylum seekers. This migration tendency was eased once democracy returned and peace accords signed in 1996. There are currently 1.4 million Guatemalan migrants in the US, of which more than half are undocumented. Violence in Guatemala has not ceased and therefore maras or gangs, corruption and insecurity are current out-migration push factors. Development should include not only economic development (higher GDP), but should be complemented with social development that pursues poverty alleviation, education, and security.Remittances have captured most of the attention concerning migration. Worker remittances are defined as 'the quantity of currency that migrants earn abroad and then send home to their families and communities'. (3) They are a source of foreign (hard) currency and can be used towards consumption, savings, investment, affecting both the household's and the country's economy. Globally, remittances to middle and low income countries in 1990 amounted to US$ 31 billion; in 2006 the amount increased to US$ 200 billion. (4) One fourth was sent to Latin America of which US$ 52 billion were sent back and can be compared to foreign direct investment (FDI) and official development assistance (ODA) flows.A growing concern in Latin America refers to remittances vis-à-vis GDP. Mexico is the first recipient of remittances in Latin America (net billion and in 2005 represented 45% of recipient of remittances). In Guatemala, remittances constitute one of the highest sources of household income and represent a large percentage of the country's GDP (11,3%) compared to the less than 5% in Mexico. Given the importance of economic migrants sending money home, any fluctuation or variation in the receiving country will make the sending countries even more vulnerable and dependant than what they already are. Latin American countries face a big challenge: create more employment possibilities at home and persuade potential migrants to stay, or ignore and continue, in their best interest, encouraging emigration to ease unemployment rates and gain from remittances. Until now, remittances have been a consistent income for developing countries. They constitute a positive aspect of emigration. However, in the long run, a country cannot rely on 'comfortable' income from emigrants dissatisfied by their government's instability and incapacity to create jobs, and wage differential. The free ride is bound to end, and attention has to be paid before it is too late. (5) Guatemala has become excessively reliant on remittances. The main setback is that they are not sustainable in a long term. If the trend continues, further emigration will stimulate depopulation of the home country. Consequently, economic development through GDP is not the long term answer to fight off dependence on remittances. On the other hand, social and human development needs to be fostered and invest in education, healthcare, poverty reduction and security.The latter issue has given migration a new twist. It represents another major issue to governments to tackle urgently, and a determinant of further emigration due to the growing violence in the territory, just as civil war times in Guatemala. International organised crime and migration has to seek state intervention and international cooperation. If migration and security are not managed wisely, Guatemala can expect a downward spiral and meltdown in the long term. (1) Alejandro Portes, Migration and Development: A Conceptual Review of the Evidence', Working Paper, Red Internacional Migracion y Desarrollo, 2006. http://meme.phpwebhosting.com/~migracion/rimd/bellagio/2.pdf Accessed on 17/08/2010.p. 19.(2) IOM, 'Guatemala, Country Profile', http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/guatemala Accessed on 01/08/2010.(3) Manuel Orozco, 'Globalization and Migration: the Impact of Family Remittances in Latin America', Latin American Politics and Society, 44:2 (Summer 2002), p. 43.(4) Acosta, Pablo, Fajnzylber, and Lopez, J. Humberto, 'How Important Are Remittances in Latin America?, in Pablo Fajnzylber and J. Humbert Lopez, eds., Remittances and Development: Lessons from Latin America. Washington DC: World Bank/The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 2008, p.1. http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTLAC/Resources/Remittances_and_Development_Report.pdf Accessed on 30/08/2010.(5) Emigration has been sought as a 'necessary evil': 'supplying needed short-term economic and social benefits but also imposing immediate human and cultural host hindering long-term development'. Marc R. Rosenblum, 'Moving Beyond the Policy of No Policy: Emigration from Mexico and Central America', Latin American Politics and Society, volume 46, number 4, Winter 2004, p. 104.*Licenciada en Estudios Internacionales - Universidad ORT Uruguay.MA. International Political EconomyUniversity of Warwick Graduate

Hydrometeorological hazards have historically affected Central America and significantly impacted the isthmus. However, the spatial distribution of those impacts is heterogeneous and depends on several factors, such as storm trajectories and community vulnerability. To address the spatial distribution of impacts related with historical events, Honduras was used as a case study. This paper was aimed at identifying the municipalities most impacted by the hydrometeorological events and at studying their correlation with socioeconomicvariables. Impacts recorded from 1919 to 2012 were collected from the DesInventar and EM-DAT databases. Data was georeferenced using a Geographical Information System and the information was disaggregated atlocal government scale. Spearman spatial correlation were calculated between physical variables and socioeconomic indices. The municipalities that reported more impacts included La Ceiba, Choluteca, Francisco Morazán and Yoro. Three hazards were found and the most important regarding impacts: cold fronts or outbreaks, tropical cyclones and easterly waves. The first type was more common during boreal winter, while the last two hazards were normally found during boreal spring-summer-autumn. Population and poverty were the social variables with the highest correlation with impacts. The analysis showed that spatial distribution of impacts related with hydrometeorological causes cannot be explained solely by climate causes. Therefore, other variables, such as socioeconomic should also be considered in analyses of these types of impact.

This paper presents an approach to the creation of an agent-based system for the assessment of environmental impact upon human health. As indicators of the environmental impact water pollution, indexes of traffic and industrial activity, wastes and solar radiation are assumed. And as human health indicator morbidity is taken. All the data comprise multiple heterogeneous data repositories. The system is logically and functionally divided into three layers, solving the tasks of information fusion, pattern discovery and decision support making, respectively. The outcomes of the system design phase under Prometheus methodology and the complete characteristics of the agents forming the proposal are discussed. The discovered patterns are used as a foundation for real-time decision making, which is of great importance for adequate and effective management by responsible governmental authorities.

Las represas amazónicas de Brasil tienen importantes impactos sociales y ambientales que sistemáticamente se subestiman en los estudios de impacto ambiental (EIA) presentados para la concesión de licencias. Los impactos incluyen el desplazamiento de la población, la pérdida de pesquerías, la metilación del mercurio y las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero. Se ha ignorado al personal técnico del Instituto Brasileño de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Renovables (IBAMA), responsable de la concesión de licencias, para aprobar una serie de presas a pesar de los grandes impactos, la falta de consulta con los pueblos indígenas y las EIA inadecuadas. Hay proyectos de ley y enmiendas constitucionales que amenazan con destruir o abolir por completo el sistema de licencias. El uso de "suspensiones de seguridad" ha neutralizado en gran medida al sistema judicial en sus esfuerzos por hacer cumplir las reglamentaciones que requieren consultar a los pueblos indígenas u obligan al cumplimiento de los requisitos de licencia ambiental. La gravedad de la situación es evidente, entenderlo es el primer paso para cambiar los sistemas de toma de decisión y de concesión de licencias que conducen a los impactos ilustrados por la historia reciente en la Amazonia. Brasil tiene amplias opciones energéticas con menos impacto socio-ambiental que las represas que hoy reciben prioridad. ; As barragens brasileiras na Amazônia têm grandes impactos sociais e ambientais, que são sistematicamente subestimados nos Estudos de Impacto Ambiental (EIAs) no processo de licenciamento. Impactos incluem deslocamento de população, perda de pesca, metilização de mercúrio e emissão de gases de efeito estufa. A equipe técnica no Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (IBAMA), responsável pelo licenciamento, tem sido ignorado para aprovar uma série de barragens, apesar dos altos impactos, da falta de consulta aos povos indígenas e dos EIAs inadequados. Há projetos de lei e propostas de emendas constitucionais que ameaçam a desconfigurar ou até eliminar o sistema de licenciamento como um todo. O uso de "suspensões de segurança" neutraliza, em grande parte, o sistema judicial em seus esforços para fazer cumprir a lei que exige a consulta aos povos indígenas ou para obrigar o cumprimento das exigências do licenciamento ambiental. A gravidade deste quadro é evidente, mas entendê-lo é o primeiro passo para que sejam mudados os sistemas de tomada de decisão e de licenciamento que levam aos impactos ilustrados pela história recente na Amazônia. O Brasil dispõe de amplas opções energéticas com menos impactos socioambientais do que as barragens que recebem prioridade hoje. ; Brazil's Amazon dams have major social and environmental impacts, which are systematically underestimated in the environmental impact studies (EIAs) submitted for licensing. Impacts include population displacement, loss of fisheries, mercury methylation and greenhouse-gas emissions. The technical staff of the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) responsible for licensing has been overridden to approve a series of dams despite high impacts, no consultation with indigenous peoples and inadequate EIAs. Pending legislation and constitutional amendments threaten either gutting or abolishing outright the entire licensing system. The use of "security suspensions" has largely neutralized the judicial system in its efforts to enforce regulations requiring consulting indigenous peoples or for fulfilling environmental licensing requirements. The seriousness of this picture is evident, but understanding it is the first step in changing the decision-making and licensing systems that lead to the impacts illustrated by recent history in the Amazon. Brazil has ample energy options with less socio-environmental impacts than the dams that receive priority today.

The paper is devoted to research, analysis and solution of problems connected with legal regulation of relations arising from the realization of the right to induced termination of pregnancy by women as a component of a more general right to reproductive health. The modern Russian and foreign legal framework and law enforcement practice in the sphere of relations related to induced termination of pregnancy are analyzed in the article. Theoretical, practical, social and ethical issues concerning the rights and interests of a pregnant woman and other participants of such social relations are explored. The relevance and necessity for further development and improvement of the legal regime regulating the relations connected with realization of the woman's right to induced termination of pregnancy are substantiated. Scientific novelty of the paper consists in the fact that the authors have made an attempt to identify the main trends and directions in the legal framework for the sphere of social reproductive relations and develop constructive proposals for improvement of the legal mechanism of realization of the woman's right to induced termination of pregnancy based on studies of the history of development of the institution of induced termination of pregnancy and analysis of the current norms of Russian and foreign legislation.