The Organization of American States (OAS) has signed an agreement with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to jointly promote the rights of refugees and raise awareness of the issue.
ESCR-Net members have increasingly been using the term “corporate capture” to refer to the means by which an economic elite undermine the realization of human rights and the environment by exerting undue influence over domestic and international decision-makers and public institutions.
ESCR-Net’s Corporate Accountability Working Group (CAWG) has made a submission jointly calling upon the United Nations’ Open-ended Intergovernmental Working...