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Ejido La Sierrita obtains favorable ruling in trial against Canadian mining company

ProDESC is pleased to announce that communal landowners of La Sierrita are exempt from rent payment

New Report of the meeting of the Latin American members of the Women and ESCR WG

As reported earlier, from 11-13 November 2014, 25 women, activists and leaders in human rights across Latin America, gathered in Mexico City to participate in the workshop ‘Exchanging experiences and strategies in...

Meeting of the Latin American members of the Women and ESCR Working Group

More than 20 women's rights advocates from Latin America exchanged experiences and strategies in Mexico

Report of the consultation on wind project in Juchitan, Mexico

ProDESC and PODER were part of an observation mission that has reported violations to the right to consultation

Alejandra Ancheita wins Martin Ennals Award 2014

The Mexican lawyer, founder and Executive Director of ProDESC, wins the considered the Nobel of Human Rights

Implementation and enforcement of the right to housing in Mexico

Fundar presents several audiovisual materials on the right to housing in Mexico, including a discussion with the participation of several members of the ESCR-Net

Collective letter urges Mexico to protect the rights of the Yaqui indigenous people

On 30 June, ESCR-Net sent a letter to the Government of Mexico to urge full protection for the rights of the Yaqui indigenous people who face serious threats as a result of the development of the “Independence Aqueduct” in the state of Sonora

ProDESC advances rights of communal landowners and laborers in Mexico

ProDESC (Proyecto de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales), and their partners, the Ejido La Platosa and the union of mineworkers Los Mineros, have achieved a significant victory with the recent recent decision by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to divest its entire holdings in Excellon Resources Inc.

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.

Mexico and Excellon Resources, Inc: Respect the rights of Ejido La Sierrita

On 30th August, 2012 ESCR-Net sent a letter to Excellon Mexico and the Mexican government expressing concern over the recent dismantling of a peaceful protest camp of the Ejido La Sierrita by military and police personnel. The letter addressed reports of threatened legal...