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New Board leadership for ESCR-Net

ESCR-Net has elected a new board for the period 2019-2021. The elections ran from 13–30 November, featured 24 candidates and elicited 141 votes from the network’s organizational members, resulting in the election of:

Maha Abdallah (

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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Gaza blockade posing serious threats to economic, social and cultural rights

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Israeli forces urged to stop deadly actions against fishermen in Gaza

Al Mezan Center for Human Rights condemned the recent killing of one fisherman and detention of others working off Gaza’s coast, stressing that the silence and lack of action by the international community has...

DWRC 8th annual trade union forum focuses on creating a Palestinian Trade Union Social Movement

The Democracy and Workers’ Rights Center in Palestine (DWRC), an ESCR-Net member, concluded its eighth annual forum on trade union solidarity. The gathering...

DWRC Trade Union Forum Palestine 2017

Challenging discrimination against Arab Minority bus passengers in Tel Aviv

The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel – Adalah has sent a letter to Israeli authorities responsible for the central bus station in Tel Aviv to demand an...

OBS denounces public attacks against Palestinian human rights groups

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OBS), a joint program between ESCR-Net members International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and ...

ANND reports on the growth and impact of informal labor

The Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) released the third issue of its Arab Watch on Economic and Social Rights....

Gaza: Al Mezan calls for a solution to electricity crisis and immediate release of detainees

Al Mezan called upon the authorities in Gaza to find a solution to the electricity crisis...

Al-Haq launches campaign on Israel’s exploitation of Palestinian natural resources

In October this year, Al-Haq announced the launch of its new campaign, “...