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CELS and Movimiento Nacional Campesino Indígena Urge Argentine Supreme Court on Human Rights Approach to Seed Policy

A new amicus curiae intervention request urges the Argentine Supreme Court to take a human rights-based approach to the regulation of seeds in the country. The filing, authored by network member ...

Monsanto’s proposal to patent genetically-modified seeds in Argentina could harm rights to work, adequate food, a healthy environment, and biodiversity

Communities telling their own stories: a report on our experiences

Data and evidence can play a crucial role in advancing social justice and human rights. Yet ESCR-Net members have recognized that too often data production does not reflect the lived realities of peoples who face poverty, inequality and injustice.

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FUNDEPS advocates for female quotas in Argentina

The Fundación para el Desarollo de Políticas Sustentables (FUNDEPS) proposes quotas as a way to ensure that males to not have a majority in...

ESCR-Net urges Members States of the OAS to resolve the severe financial crisis facing the IACHR

On 3 June 2016, the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) sent a letter to 34 presidents and prime ministers of Member States of the...

ACIJ and FUNDAR co-organize online course on budget analysis and ESCR

In collaboration with the Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), ESCR-Net members La Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia (ACIJ) and el Centro de Análisis e Investigación Fundar are co-...

CELS publishes new research on Business responsibility in crimes against humanity in Argentina

Owners, executives and managers of some prominent companies actively participated in the human rights violations committed against workers during Argentina’s 1976-1983 dictatorship, according to evidence set...

Argentina: CELS launches new research on business responsibility in crimes against humanity

International gathering discusses homelessness and human rights

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Leilani Farha, and the Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS) concluded today in Buenos Aires an international expert consultation...

CELS seeks endorsements for statement challenging human rights impacts of vulture funds

CELS, in collaboration with CESR and COC, has released a statement regarding the conflict between the government of Argentina and the vulture funds, implicating the judicial branch of the USA, calling attention to how this problem could impact human rights

How do we make economic, social and cultural rights a reality in Latin America?

The International Network on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net), the Centre for Law, Justice and Society (Dejusticia) and the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) organized the first Latin America Strategic Workshop on Enforcement of Positive Decisions on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Bogota (Colombia) on February 7-8, 2013, bringing together 20 lawyers and activists from across the region. The workshop was supported by the Ford Foundation and the University of Los Andes.