Collective Work

Voluntary sustainable development goals, representing a new political commitment by States, must be complemented by genuine accountability for compliance with existing human rights obligations. This was the primary message of the NGO Coalition for the Optional...

A 288-page report from the U.S. House Financial Services Committee describes why the Department of Justice was coerced by HSBC representatives not to prosecute the bank and its directors.

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The government of Uzbekistan has partnered with Indorama Kokand Textile, a cotton processing corporation, to export cotton that stems from coercion of local fammers, as well as land and property seizures without compensation. The income of the sales from the cotton under Indorama are then...

ESCR-Net is deeply saddened to learn of the violent death of Nilce de Souza Magalhães. The body of “Nicinha,” as she was known by her friends and fellow leaders, was found on Tuesday, June 21, in the lake that had been created by the same Jirau Dam, run by the...

ESCR-Net’s new Board held its first in-person meeting on 6-7 June, in New York.  Among its discussions and decisions, the Board elected three officers: Francisco Rocael (Consejo...