Collective Work

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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Campaign for the ratification of the OP-ICESCR at the 29th session of Human Rights Council in Geneva
Participants emphasized the importance of the OP-ICESCR in securing access to justice at multiple levels for victims of human rights violations at a side event at the UN Human Rights Council...
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ESCR-Net releases report of six cases of corporate capture
ESCR-Net have developed a Scoping Report highlighting six cases of corporate capture in different industries and across different regions. The Scoping Report is a preliminary...
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Unity Statement produced by the participants in the Asia Pacific Regional Consultation
Unity Statement produced by the participants in the Asia Pacific Regional Consultation on the treaty on TNCs and other business entreprises and human rights. Please download the statement...
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Fostering the OP-ICESCR ratification campaign at the African Commission on Human and People's rights
In anticipation of the second anniversary of the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR) on 5 May 2015, the NGO Coalition for the OP-ICESCR attended the 56th...
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Recognizing the Indivisibility of the Right to Life with Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Written Submission for the General Discussion on the Preparation for a General Comment on Article 6 (Right to Life) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
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ESCR-Net engages in international meetings on human rights to water, sanitation and housing in Detroit
ESCR-Net participated in strategy meetings in Detroit, Michigan, related to the ongoing denial of human rights to water, sanitation and housing to thousands of residents in the former industrial capital of the USA. The gathering was coordinated by those at the front of the grassroots struggle...
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ESCR-Net launches the French version of the guide "Claiming Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights"
The lives of women are affected by a variety of issues, such as the frequent lack of basic services; formal and substantive inequality; the lack of responsibility of States, companies and other global actors; discriminatory cultural stereotypes; beliefs and the...
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Cambodia: Address the concerns of the families of Boeung Kak Lake
ESCR-Net sent a second letter to the government of Cambodia to urge further measures to respect rights of families affected by forced evictions from the Boeung Kak Lake area
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First regional consultation in Thailand, FIDH and ESCR-Net Treaty Initiative
FIDH and ESCR-Net will hold the first regional consultation meeting in the framework of their joint Treaty Initiative project in Chiang Mai, Thailand,...
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"UN Treaty Process on Biz and Human Rights-Initial Observations by the Int Business Community on a Way Forward"
Draft observations from IOE, BIAC, ICC and WBCD (May 1)
Argues that treaty process must not undermine the "extensive progress" made with respect to the UNGP...
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Celebrating the second anniversary of the OP-ICESCR
The NGO Coalition for the OP-ICESCR joined Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Group of Friends of the OP-ICESCR to celebrate...
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