COVID-19: From the Frontlines

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Learn about the advocacy and demands from our members in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic:   

Tras las conversaciones entre los y las miembros de la Red-DESC sobre la justicia climática y ambiental y los derechos humanos en relación con la crisis de COVID-19, múltiples miembros han co-redactado una serie de artículos breves en este contexto, incluido el siguiente que salió originalmente publicado en Medium (En Inglés).

Following discussions within ESCR-Net’s membership on climate and environmental justice and human rights in relation to the COVID-19 crisis, multiple members co-authored short articles in this context, including the following piece which was originally published on Medium.

Statement: "Unchecked corporate porwer paved the way for COVID-19 and globally, women are at the frontline"
17 March 2020

>> https://www.cambridge.org/core/blog/2020/03/17/unchecked-corporate-power-paved-the-way-for-covid-19-and-globally-women-are-at-the-frontlines/

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Statement: "Digital surveillance to fight COVID-19 can only be justified if it respects human rights"

2 April 2020

>> https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/04/covid19-digital-surveillance-ngo/?fbclid=IwAR2z-owdm3LfnnJpmA857QbQgp9n2ZAcWDCN03STyzuffdtE6ff5h7UUWKc

 

Statement: "After this pandemic we can do better"

30 March 2020

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Statement: "Statement on the human rights impact of the COVID-19 pandemic"

Geneva - New York, 7 April 2020

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TO: President Trump, Vice President Pence and Members of the 116th Congress
Poverty Amidst Pandemic: A Moral Response to COVID-19

>> https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/this-pandemic-demands-a-systemic-response-an-urgent-message-from-the-poor-people-s-campaign/?source=shortlink

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Economic, Social And Cultural Rights In Changing Times - call for submissions

>> https://www.gi-escr.org/escr-in-changing-times

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