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Tenants’ right to adequate housing is recognized by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

On 20 June 2017, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights issued a ruling, recognizing tenants’ right to adequate housing.

Mohamed Bourmouz, Naouel Bellili and their children were evicted from the home they had rented in Madrid, Spain...

Following ESCR-Net members' advocacy, the UN Committee on ESCR recommends the Kenyan government to consult the Endorois in all stages of the implementation process

The UN Committee on the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) has just published its ...

ESCR-Net publishes article analyzing the historic step towards access to justice for ESCR violations at UN

In September, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR) issued historic recommendations, finding Spain in violation of the right to housing, in the first case...

UN Committee on ESCR issues historic recommendations to Spain related to the right to housing

On September 17, 2015, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) published its first recommendations in response to an individual complaint, regarding a violation of the right to housing, under the Optional Protocol to the...

Indivisibility, State positive obligations and litigation before the UN Human Rights Committee

The last two months were marked by discussions held before the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) on the indivisibility of human rights, as well as on the positive obligations of States in relation to civil rights, such as the right to life. Such discussions will...

Canada must take action on the United Nations Human Rights Committee's Concluding Observations

The ESCR-Net Strategic Litigation Working Group joined Canadian organizations in highlighting the United Nations Human Rights Committee's concluding observations in relation to Canada. The Human Rights Committee expressed serious concerns about new human rights...

Ensuring the right to life for all by recognizing its ESCR content

On July 14, 2015, the Human Rights Committee will hold a general discussion aimed at developing a General Comment on Article 6, expanding upon its earlier General Comments No. 6 and 14 (from...

Advancing ESCR-Net’s strategic litigation and implementation projects

The Strategic Litigation Working Group met in Geneva to define priorities for the next two years

Meeting with UN Committee on ESCR Members in Geneva

ESCR-Net Strategic Litigation Working Group facilitates discussion on ESCR litigation under the principle of reasonableness

Spain’s austerity measures criticized in UN human rights review

A newly-published CESR factsheet illustrates the role Spain’s fiscal austerity policies have played in driving poverty and inequality in the country

Workshop on the OP-ICESCR in Montenegro

On September 15-16, 2014, ESCR-Net, CEDEM and Human Rights Action organized a workshop on the Optional...

Manual - Claiming ESCR at the United Nations

The International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has launched the new publication "Claiming ESCR at the United Nations: a manual on utilizing the OP-ICESCR in strategic litigation"