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June 17, 2009: 10 Days of Action: Countdown to Commitments
It is more important than ever to make the connections between climate change, development,poverty, global governance, and the financial and economic crisis. The Global Campaign for Climate Action, an alliance of civil society organizations is tracking the time up until the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). From this comes 10 Days of Action: Countdown to Commitments, a collaborative effort by organizations and networks advocating for a more just, equitable and sustainable global economy.
June 16, 2009: MOSOP Welcomes Shell's Settlement of Claims of Ogoni Families
June, 2009 - ESCR-NET member MOSOP released a statement to the press welcoming the news of the agreement by Royal Dutch Shell to compensate families of some of the victims of the company's atrocities in Ogoni.
June 10, 2009: Ravi Rebbapragada from ESCR-Net Member Organization Samata (India) Receives National Leadership Award for Social Service
The IIM Lucknow National Leadership Award - 2008 for Community Service and Social Upliftment was presented to Ravi Rebbapragada of the NGO Samata, under the Young Leaders category. The award was given away by the honourable Vice President of India, Shri Hamid Ansari at Vignan Bhavan, New Delhi on 10th June 2009.
Seminar on the global land grab and human rights
A seminar on the global land grab and human rights took place at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, in Geneva, on May 16th 2009.
June 4, 2009: Prominent Uruguayan Lawyer Criticizes Public Safety Plan
Luis Pedernera, Coordinator of IELSUR, an ESCR-Net Member Organization, criticizes Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez's failure to put human rights at the forefront of the country's public safety policy.
May 19, 2009: Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 42nd session
ESCR-Net members have submitted alternative reports for the following States : Brazil, Cyprus, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland, Australia and Cambodia, to the UN Committee on ESCR.
May 14 and 15, 2009: Latin American Statement of NGOs and Organizations and Organizations Representing Affected Communities by Enterprises - 2009
Victory: Settlement Reached in Human Rights Cases Against Royal Dutch/Shell
On June 8th, 2009, the parties in Wiwa v. Shell agreed to settle human rights claims charging the Royal Dutch/Shell company, its Nigerian subsidiary, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC or Shell Nigeria), and the former head of its Nigerian operation, Brian Anderson, with complicity in the torture, killing, and other abuses of Ogoni leader Ken Saro-Wiwa as well as other non-violent Nigerian activists in the Ogoni region of the Niger Delta in the mid-1990s.
May 13, 2009: ESCR-Net Members Submissions to the The UK Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights
The following Members submitted presentations on business and human rights to the UK Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights : ActionAid, Amnesty UK, EarthRights International, Rights & Accountability in Development.
March, 2009: International Year of Human Rights Learning
Shulamith Koenig from People's Movement for Human Rights Learning (PDHRE), an ESCR-Net Oganizational Member, shared the following thoughts regarding a recent United Nations GA. March 2009
International Expert Workshop on Indigenous Peoples' Rights, Corporate Accountability and the Extractive Industries
The Permanent Forum decides to autorize a three-day international expert group workshop on indigenous peoples' rights, corporate accountability and the extractive industries, and request that the result of the result of the meeting be reported to the Forum at its eight session, in 2009.
March 25, 2009: Manila Declaration
View the Manila Declaration that resulted from the March 2009 International Conference on Indigenous Peoples and the Extractive Industries.
March 28, 2009: The United Nations Creates a New Mandate of Independent Expert for Cultural Rights
The UN Human Rights Council Creats a New Mandate of Independant Expert in the Field of Cultural Rights
May 6, 2009: OMCT and two Filipino NGOs call on the Committee Against Torture to help end torture and ill-treatment in the Philippines
OMCT and two Filipino NGOs call on the Committee Against Torture to help end torture and ill-treatment in the Philippines by addressing their economic, social and cultural root causes.
Right to Education Project
The Right to education project launches new website to promote social mobilisation and legal accountability.