International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Working together to make human rights a reality for all.
All Activities and Actions
Advocating for International Corporate Accountability
The ESCR-Net Corporate Accountability Working Group works to strengthen the human rights accountability of corporations operating in different sectors and regions, advocating for a common, international set of standards articulating the human rights responsibilities of business, which must ultimately be enforceable.
April 20, 2009: Solidarity with HR defenders in Kenya
ESCR-Net stands in solidarity with human rights defenders in Kenya, who suffer violence at the hands of security forces and other violations of human rights.
Bridging Trade, Investment, Finance and Human Rights: A Pilot Project in Agriculture
ESCR-Net-together with 15 key partners-is building the capacity of human rights advocates to effectively influence economic policy-making on trade, investment, and finance, strategically use their resources to influence this policy-making, and strengthen their collaboration with diverse groups worldwide already working on trade, investment and financial policy issues.
CALL for HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS: The Business and Human Rights Documentation (B-HRD.org) Project
July 2009 - Please consider sharing your reports documenting business-related human rights abuse
Collective Statement on the Financial Crisis and Global Economic Recession: Towards a Human Rights Response
June 2009 - Read ESCR-Net's Statement on the Financial Crisis and Global Economic Recession: Towards a Human Rights Response.
Follow-up: Video footage from Peoples' Voices on the Crisis event
On June 20, 2009 ESCR-Net coordinated a gathering of underrepresented groups to talk about how the economic crisis is affecting them.
International Strategy Meeting on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and ESCR-Net General Assembly: Nairobi, Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya: December 1-4, 2008
View Reports from the meeting, the plenary and working sessions, the ESCR-Net General Assembly, and the Social Movements and Grassroots Gathering.
INVITATION À PRÉSENTER RAPPORTS SUR LES DROITS HUMAINS: Le projet de documentation sur les entreprises et les droits humains (B-HRD.org)
Juillet 2009 - Pensez à partager vos rapports relatifs aux violations des droits humains liées aux entreprises
Participate in this Questionnaire on Government Responses to the Crisis - 2010
It has been more than two years now since the start of the largest financial meltdown and global economic recession in over fifty years. And yet, how have our governments responded to this crisis in such a way as to uphold peoples' fundamental dignity and human rights? Participate in this Questionnaire on Government Responses to the Crisis. Economic policy is public policy - your voice must be heard!
September 2009: Update on Urgent Action calling for the release of ESCR-Net Member Golden Misabiko
On August 19, 2009 the first hearing took place and Mr. Golden Misabiko was released on bail by the Court of Lubumbashi/Kamalondo. Misabiko remains on conditional bail pending further hearings. ESCR-Net will keep Members informed should further action be needed.