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This section highlights news and events from the field of economic, social and cultural rights.  In addition to featured news items, you can find updates from ESCR-Net, news from our Members, and other important developments in the wider field.  This section also includes trainings, UN meetings, and other events related to ESCR; if you would like us to post an upcoming event, please send us an email at info@escr-net.org

Featured News

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.

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).

New publication: Socio-Economic Rights - Adjudication under a Transformative Constitution

By Professor Sandra Liebenberg, HF Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law, University of Stellenbosch.

Socio-Economic Rights - Adjudication Under a Transformative Constitution

ESCR-Net Newsletter: December 2009


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ESCR-Net features news from our member organizations including advocacy successes, programmatic developments, and new resources that are available.

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This section highlights news from the field of economic, social and cultural rights, including key decisions, major developments, new ideas and resources.

News from ESCR-Net Secretariat

The section includes Program Activity Reports from the ESCR-Net Secretariat in English and French along with other news updates.

 

Past Events

March 2010

Human Rights Responses to the Global Economic Crisis

ESCR Logo ESCR-Net Event
March 4, 2010
Organization(s): (CESR, NGLS and ESCR-Net)
Location:

Palais des Nations-Room XXIII, Geneva

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