United Kingdom

Primary tabs

Forest Peoples Programme (FPP)

Country:

United Kingdom

Working Group(s) / Area(s) of Work:

Strategic Litigation

Right to Education Initiative

Opinion: "Pandemic shakes up world’s education systems"
19 March 2020

>> https://www.right-to-education.org/blog/pandemic-shakes-world-s-education-systems

Developed by an ESCR-Net Member

The Syrian Legal Development Programme (SLDP)

Country:

Syria, United Kingdom

Working Group(s) / Area(s) of Work:

Corporate Accountability

Monitoring

Vedanta Resources PLC and Another v. Lungowe and Others

UK Supreme Court Upholds Jurisdiction over UK Parent Company in Connection with Zambian Subsidiary Misconduct

The claimants in this action are 1,826 citizens of Zambia from four different communities in the Chingola District. The claimants allege harms to their health and ability to farm due to pollution of their sole water source from activities at the Nchanga Copper Mine. The defendants are Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), owner and operator of the mine, and Vedanta Resources PLC (Vedanta), ultimate UK parent company of KCM.

Yemshaw v. London Borough of Houslow, [2009] EWCA Civ 1543, [2011] UKSC 3

UK Court expands definition of domestic violence in context of housing rights

The appellant was a married woman who left her family home with her two young children because she felt her husband treated her as less than human. He yelled at her, withheld finances, and made her afraid he would hit her or take the children away. She went to the local housing authority for help finding accommodation. As her husband had never hit her or threatened to physically harm her, the housing authority refused to assist her. They believed that because there was no physical violence, it was reasonable for her to stay in the home.

The Queen on the application of Sheila Winder, Lisa Marie Dowen and Sarah Hampton v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, [2014] EWHC 2617 (Admin)

UK Court advances women’s enjoyment of the rights to adequate housing and social protection

The Sandwell Metropolitan Council formed a new tax plan pursuant to a national change in tax law. Previously, low-income persons would be given financial assistance to pay council taxes, whereas under the new plan, individuals’ tax liability was lowered based on financial status. The relevant statute stated that local authorities would create locally-tailored plans to determine tax liability by creating classes based on income, capital, and number of dependents.

Reimagining rights-based accountability: community use of economic and social rights

These resources look at the work of ESCR-Net member Participation and Practice of Rights based in Northern Ireland (UK).

In particular, the article attached explores the ways in which marginalised groups in Northern Ireland have employed and translated for practical use human rights...

Developed by an ESCR-Net Member

Bus tour across Europe to promote minimum income schemes

On 24 April, the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN), which coordinates the European Minimum Income Network, launched a bus tour across Europe to raise awareness of the importance of adequate,...

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.

...

Making Economic and Social Rights Real: Introduction to a Video Series

Economic and social rights is a crucial area of human rights law that has long been marginalised in the UK. This is despite the fact that the rights to housing, work, an adequate standard of living, food, social security, education, water and health are central to human survival and development...

Developed by an ESCR-Net Member