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Africa Regional Social Rights Litigation Workshop: 12-14 March 2012, Johannesburg South Africa

Over the last decade, the legal opportunities for claiming economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights have greatly increased in many parts of Africa. This can be seen in the growing use of litigation strategies amongst civil society, increased legal mobilisation of...

Spanish government: inadequate response to UN HR Council recommendations on migrants’ right to health

Center for Economic and Social Rights, Medicos del Mundo, Red ACOGE and the International Network on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights affirm access to health care is still not guaranteed to all migrants in Spain.

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Insufficient measures related to access to health for undocumented migrants in Spain

Members and allies, in collaboration with the Strategic Litigation Working Group, assess the decision of the Spanish Government to restore undocument migrants' access to health services

Dec. 07, 2011: Working Group on Human Rights in India: Report to the UN

On December 7, 2011, The Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN released the report it has submitted to the United Nations (UN) titled "Human Rights in India: An Overview." Click here for more information and a copy of the report.

May 10, 2011 NESRI: victory for universal health care in U.S.

Last week, Vermont passed the first-ever universal health care bill in the U.S., creating a path toward a publicly financed system that will provide health care as a public good for all.

March 31, 2011: Letter from Human Rights NGOs to Officials on Security and Health Situation in Egyptian Prisons

Read a new letter from ESCR-Net member on the security and health situation in Egyptian prisons.

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.