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The purpose of this Practitioner's Guide is to provide an analysis of how to best incorporate the right to active,...

Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
15
Nov
2016

On the week of 14 November 2016, ESCR-Net plans to hold a global strategy meeting of members across 70 countries in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  ESCR-Net—over 220 NGOs and social movements and 50 individual advocates—works “to build a global movement to make human...

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...

Country: 
Argentina
Working Group(s) / Area(s) of Work: 
Economic Policy
Monitoring
OP-ICESCR

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-...

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...

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 forth in the newly published...

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...

Country: 
Argentina
Working Group(s) / Area(s) of Work: 
Strategic Litigation

In 2006, Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia (ACIJ), an organization member of the ESCR-Net, filed an amparo action against the Government of the City of Buenos Aires. The purpose of the action was to have the Court order the Government to comply with its existing constitutional obligation to ensure and finance access to early education. The case centered on violations of the right to education and to equality, as well as the principle of personal autonomy.