Collective Work

Implementation of recommendations issued by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
On September 5th, several member organizations of the Strategic Litigation Working Group of the ESCR-Net (SLWG) including Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA) (Mexico...
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Advancing collective action toward new Network-wide objectives
At the ESCR-Net Global Strategy Meeting in November 2016, over 140 representatives of Member organizations – working across four languages – defined shared objectives to collectively confront unjust systems and promote transformative alternatives to advance ESCR over the next...
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CESCR issues new guidance to States on how to apply their ESCR obligations to business activities
In June 2017, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) adopted its General Comment No. 24 on State obligations under the International Covenant on Economic,...
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New Steering Committee elected by the Women and ESCR Working Group
The Women and ESCR Working Group (WESCR WG) elected its first Steering Committee. The election process was carried out to ensure that the Steering Committee would be formed in alignment with the ESCR-Net core principles of regional balance and the centrality of social...
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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...
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Egypt: release Tarek Hussein and other unjustly imprisoned human rights defenders
On 10 July, 2017, ESCR-Net sent a letter on behalf of its collective membership calling on the Government of Egypt to immediately release Mr. Tarek Hussein of the...
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Civil Society Dialogue with Candidates for IACHR's Special Rapporteur on ESCER
*Update: Following the event below, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) selected Soledad García Muñoz to be the first Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural, and Environmental Rights (ESCER).

The...
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Collective guidance for security and protection for human rights defenders
On 16-17 June 2017, the Advisory Group to ESCR-Net’s System of Solidarity (SOS) held its first, full in-person meeting in Brussels, Belgium. Representatives from ...
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Asian regional dialogue on women’s rights and natural resources
ESCR-Net member IWRAW-AP together with Cambodian Women’s Crisis Centre and Gender and Development for Cambodia (GADC), co-organized a “...
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New discussion paper with key proposals regarding the follow-up on views issued by UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The Strategic Litigation Working Group (SLWG) has launched a discussion paper ...
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Webinar on ESCR Monitoring and Budget Analysis
Why and How Do We Apply Budget Analysis in Advancing ESCR?

In June/July 2016, members of the Monitoring Working Group conducted a brief survey to solicit interest and experiences on the use of...
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Indigenous leaders and rights advocates gather in New York
Several ESCR-Net members attended the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) for its sixteenth session in New York City between 24 April and 5 May. During that time, members came together several times to share experiences about...
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