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7 juillet 2010: Nouvelle publication: 'Entreprises et Droits de l'Homme : Un guide sur les recours existants à l'intention des victimes et ONGs'
La Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l'Homme (FIDH) vient de publier d'un guide à l'intention des victimes et de ONG portant sur les mécanismes de recours disponibles dans le cadre de violations impliquant des entreprises.
July 7, 2010: Press Release: Report back on decent work for domestic workers at the International Labour Conference(ILC) 2010
ESCR-Net member National Union of Domestic Employees (NUDE) participated in the 99th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva.
July 7, 2010: New publication: Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Abuses: A Guide for Victims and NGOs on Recourse Mechanisms
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) published a guide for victims and NGOs on recourse mechanisms in cases of corporate-related human rights violations.
July 6, 2010: Public Panel Debate: Corporate Justice? In Search of Effective Remedies for Victims of Corporate-Related Abuses
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Business & Human Rights Resource Centre and OECD Watch organize a public panel debate: Corporate Justice? In Search of Effective Remedies for Victims of Corporate-Related Abuses.
6 juillet 2010: Debat public: Quels recours effectifs pour les victimes de violations des droits de l'homme commises par les entreprises?
La Fédération Internationale des ligues des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH), Le Business and Human Rights Resource Centre et OECD Watch organisent un debat public sur les recours effectifs pour les victimes de violations des droits de l'homme commises par les entreprises.
June 29, 2010: No entry: Trans-Amazonian highway blockaded in Brazil to protest against Belo Monte dam
ESCR-Net member Movement of Dam-Affected People (MAB) blockaded the Trans-Amazonian highway to protest against the construction of Belo Monte dam on Xingu river, which is being promoted by Luis Inacio "Lula" da Silva's administration.
June 23, 2010: New Publications: Access to Justice: Human Rights Abuses Involving Corporations - South Africa, Poland and Colombia
International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) brought out three new publications on access to justice in S. Africa, Poland and Colombia for business-related human rights abuses...
June 16, 2010: Media Mobilizing Project launch TV show
Watch the first episode of MMP TV, "Infection in Our Health Care System," an hour-long investigation into the local impacts of the healthcare crisis in Philadelphia.
June 14, 2010: New Report: Investment in Monocultures Violates Human Rights and Aggravates Climate Change
Latinamerican report on monocultures and violations of the human rights to adequate food and housing, to water, to land and to territory.
Maria Silvia Emanuelli (HIC-AL) Jennie Jonsén (FIAN Sweden and SAL) Sofía Monsalve Suárez (FIAN International)
June 2, 2010: Chevron Has 5 Activists Arrested and Bars Entry to Global Victims of Its Practices at Annual Shareholders' Meeting
Video featuring Emem Okon, Director of ESCR-Net member organization Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Center in the Niger Delta.
May 19, 2010: Questionnaire on the Main Advances and Challenges Women Face in the Exercise of their Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
Please find this questionnaire on the main advances and challenges women face in the exercise of their economic, social, and cultural rights free from all forms of discrimination from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
Latin America: Private Wealth, Public Poverty
CIDSE (Cooperation Internationale pour le Developpement et la Solidarite), an international network of Catholic agencies of cooperation, and partner organizations realized a documentary on alternative strategies against the dominant model of natural resources extraction.
Click here to watch the documentary
March 27, 2010: ‘Resource-cursed' Liberia Struggles in Firestone's Stronghold
Earlier this month Liberian environmental justice lawyer Alfred Lahai Brownell led a briefing on Bridgestone/Firestone's continued violations of child rights and environmental destruction. As the leading lawyer on case the against Firestone, Brownell's research work with plantation workers influenced an Alien Tort Claims Act case filed against Firestone in the United States.
March 24, 2010: Human rights responses to the global economic crisis
Read about several of this month's activities of ESCR-Net members and participants at the Human Rights Council towards making human rights real in times of global economic crisis.
March 11, 2010: Amnesty International Says DOS Country Reports Need to Be More Comprehensive
Amnesty International welcomes the Obama administration's first full contribution to assess the human rights performance of governments around the world, and in particular, the Country Reports' expanded coverage of press freedoms and discrimination against vulnerable groups. However, for a thorough assessment of global human rights, the Country Reports should be more comprehensive and include all rights, not only civil and political, but also economic, social and cultural rights.