Collective Work

Promoting protection of human rights defenders at global summit
On October 29-31, 2018, several ESCR-Net members participated in the Global Human Rights Defenders summit in Paris. The Summit coincided with the 20^th anniversary of the United Nations’ “Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of...
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Webinar on Using technical evidence for strategic ESCR litigation

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Promoting a people’s agenda on corporate accountability
On September 4-7, 2018 the ESCR-Net Corporate Accountability Working Group (CAWG) held its fourth Peoples’ Forum on Human Rights and Business in Manila, the Philippines.

The event was co-hosted by ...
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ESCR-Net @ the 4th IGWG on TNCs
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ESCR-Net CAWG Strategy Meeting (pre-IGWG)

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Advancing network-wide collective action and campaigning
From 22-25 July, 31 member representatives from 17 countries met in Durban, South Africa, organized with Abahlali baseMjondolo and the ...
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The power of women leaders in the struggles for land, housing and natural resources
From 14-16 May 2018 eighteen grassroots women leaders from ten countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America gathered together for a strategic exchange around women’s leadership in struggles to advance land, housing and natural resource rights. The exchange, which took place in Nairobi, Kenya,...
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Endorois Women lead on land rights struggle
From 8-11 May 2018, the Women and ESCR Working Group and the Strategic Litigation Working Group of ESCR-Net collaborated with our member, the Endorois Welfare Council (EWC), in facilitating a workshop on human rights principles and organizing for Endorois women leaders at Lake Bogoria in Kenya....
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Global conversations to advance ESCR in conflict and post-conflict settings continue

Over the past year, ESCR-Net members have begun a global discussion about how to advance economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) in situations of conflict and occupation and in post-conflict transitions. A first round of online discussions was held between December 2017 and January
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UN finds rights violations in irregular migrant being denied essential health services
The UN Human Rights Committee recently issued a positive decision in Toussaint v. Canada, a case examining the government’s life-threatening denial of health coverage based on Ms. Nell Toussaint’s irregular migrant status. Member organization...
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Webinar on ‘How do we effectively monitor ESCR?’

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Ecuador fails to address the impact of unpaid care work on women’s social security access
Last October, members from the Strategic Litigation Working Group and Women and ESCR Working Group submitted a collective third party intervention...
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Promoting the rights of rural women at CSW62
Building on collective work to advance women’s rights related to land, housing and natural resources, ESCR-Net members active in the Women and ESCR and Corporate Accountability Working Groups engaged with fellow civil society advocates, state representatives and UN officials—at the...
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Collective Work

CONCLUDED EVENTS

ESCR-Net CAWG Strategy Meeting (pre-IGWG)

Advocacy Position Papers...