Case of mother who died during forced sterilisation in Peru to be heard in court

Celia Ramos was one of thousands of women subjected to government's brutal policy in the 1990s. A ruling by the inter-American court of human rights could open way for reparations

The case of a forced sterilisation carried out in Peru in the 1990s will be heard by an international court on Thursday, 28 years after the procedure - one of many thousands - resulted in a woman's death.

Celia Ramos was 34 when she died in 1997, 19 days after surgery for a tubal ligation caused respiratory failure. The mother of three was harassed" into accepting the procedure, which was part of a nationwide family planning programme.