ESCR-Net is very pleased to announce the seven recently elected Board members for 2016-2018. The Board was elected with the participation of over 60% of ESCR-Net’s...
On 21 January, ESCR-Net sent a letter to the government of Pakistan to express concern about the recent arrest of Saeed Baloch, human rights defender,...
Thank you to all who attended ESCR-Net's third annual 'Peoples’ Forum on Human Rights and Business' in Nairobi, Kenya from 26-28 October 2015! Over 75 members and...
Members and partners of the Strategic Litigation Working Group (SLWG) foregrounded implementation at the 57th Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), which was held on Nov. 4-11, 2015, in Banjul, The Gambia....
The NGO Coalition for the OP-ICESCR participated in the UN 70th General Assembly-Third Committee in New York. For the third year in a row, the Group of Friends of the OP-ICESCR presented a statement,...
In a broad-based collaboration across regional and international human rights organizations, a Consortium of organizations dedicated to coordinating...
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...
The Women and ESCR Working Group (WESCR WG) of the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) engaged in a consultation with the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) and the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms...