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Haiti NGO Letter on Human Rights and International Assistance

 Request--sing on letter on human rights and international assistance to Haiti

Appeals Court to Decide if Oil Giant Will Face Suit in U.S. for Massive Environmental Pollution in Amazon

Indigenous Achuar From the Peruvian Amazon Face Off
Against Occidental Petroleum Over Destruction of Pristine Rainforest

(Los Angeles, CA) - A key hearing was held yesterday in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the landmark environmental and public health case brought by indigenous Peruvian Achuar and the U.S. NGO Amazon Watch against Los Angeles-based oil giant Occidental Petroleum (OXY). The appeals court's decision will likely determine whether OXY will have to defend its 30 year-old legacy of massive pollution in the northeastern Peruvian Amazon in a courtroom in Los Angeles, just miles from its world headquarters, or whether the case will move to Peru.

March 9, 2010 Call to declare the Right to Food a national priority for Guatemala

Geneva/Guatemala: Several international organisations and networks that presented a report on the Right to Food call attention at national and international levels to the situation of hunger and malnutrition existing in Guatemala. They demand that the Right to Food be declared a national priority. Moreover, they urge to cease violence and threats against social, community, indigenous, peasant and trade union leaders, and to effectively protect human rights defenders.

 

ESCR-Net Newsletter: December 2009

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Dec. 3 2009: Victory: W. Shoshone Prevail at US 9th Circuit Court against Barrick Gold

Western Shoshone Prevail at Ninth Circuit Court on Mt. Tenabo - Court Issues Ruling Enjoining Cortez Hills Open Pit Gold Mine. Court Agrees with Western Shoshone and Allies that the Interior Department's Approval of the Mine Likely Violated Federal Law.

The United Nations Draft Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights

The United Nations Draft Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights are currently being developed to provide guidance on the implementation of existing human rights norms and standards in the context of the fight against extreme poverty.

Feb 5, 2010: Civil Society Open Letter to WTO Director General, Pascal Lamy

Read ESCR-Net members' response to WTO Director General, Pascal Lamy on the impact of trade liberalization on the realization of human rights.

Mensaje de la Coalición Internacional de ONG por un Protocolo Facultativo al PIDESC en virtud del primer aniversario de la Adopción de este Protocolo

Diciembre 10, 2009, marca el primer aniversario de la adopción del Protocolo Facultativo al Pacto Internacional de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales. En esta fecha La Coalición emitió un llamado a la Sociedad Civil y a los Estados para que fortalezcan sus esfuerzos rumbo a la pronta entrada en vigor e implementación del Protocolo.     

2009 UN Report: The State of the World's Indigenous Peoples

The State of the World's Indigenous Peoples is the result of a collaborative effort, organized by the Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Joji Carino from Tebtebba Foundation, an ESCR-Net member wrote the first chapter of the report; the chapter is titled Poverty and Well Being.

Press Release: 19 October 2009 - South African and International Human Rights Groups Granted Permission to Intervene in Foreign Mining Companies' Complaint Against South African Government

International Arbitration Tribunal agrees to accept human rights arguments and orders disclosure of key documents

Statement of the International Coalition of NGO on the First Anniversary of the Adoption of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

December 10, 2009 marks the first anniversary of the adoption of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. On this occasion, the International Coalition of NGO issued a statement calling upon States and civil society to mobilize their efforts for a rapid ratification and implementation of the Optional Protocol.

Newsletter du Réseau-DESC - décembre 2009

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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.

2009 Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on implementation of economic, social and cultural rights

المنظمات غير الحكومية نرحب بالخطوة التاريخية لحماية جميع حقوق

Press Release: Momentous Signing of the Optional Protocol on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the United Nations

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24 September 2009: NGOs welcome historic step forward for the protection of all human rights; Momentous signing of the Optional Protocol on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the United Nations.

Statement by Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Statement by Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights during the signing ceremony of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, held in New York on September 24, 2009.   

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