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: "COVID-19: Capitalism’s Mask Has Slipped"
March, 2020

>> https://www.iwraw-ap.org/covid-19-capitalisms-mask-has-slipped/

 

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Statement: "Al-Haq Statement on the Health Conditions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Declaration of a State of Emergency"

10 March 2020

>> http://www.alhaq.org/advocacy/16569.html

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Statement: "COVID-19 Highlights the Failure of Neoliberal Capitalism: We Need Feminist Global Solidarity"

Chiang Mai, Thailand. 25 March 2020

>> https://apwld.org/covid-19-highlights-the-failure-of-neoliberal-capitalism-we-need-feminist-global-solidarity/

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Statement: "COVID-19: Prioritise human rights and protect the most vulnerable"

March 27, 2020

>> https://www.fidh.org/en/issues/human-rights-defenders/covid-19-prioritise-human-rights-and-protect-the-most-vulnerable

 

Declaracion: "COVID-19 – Dar prioridad a los derechos humanos y proteger a las personas más vulnerables"

Marzo 27, 2020

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دراسة: سوسيولوجيا الهامش في زمن الكورونا الخوف – الهشاشة – الانتظارات

>> https://ftdes.net/rapports/socio.marge.pdf

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

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

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Credit to government for measures to combat spread of coronavirus, but protecting individuals’ income and mitigation of economic and social impacts of the virus prevention are necessary:
>> https://eipr.org/en/press/2020/03/credit-government-measures-combat-spread-coronavirus-protecting-individuals%E2%80%99-income

Latinoamérica y COVID-19: ¿Cómo queda la justicia? | Ciclo de conversaciones virtuales sobre la respuesta de los sistemas de justicia frente a la emergencia

>> http://dplf.org/es/event/latinoamerica-y-covid-19-como-queda-la-justicia

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