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Since the ratification of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, several United Nations mechanisms for enforcing and protecting economic, social, and cultural rights have emerged. One of the most important international mechanisms for defending and promoting ESCR...

An increasing number of countries in the Global South, and particularly in Africa, are already in debt distress or struggling to make sovereign debt payments and facing likely debt restructuring in the coming period. Debt, as well as related inequalities within and between countries, have been...

Debt is an unsustainable and illegitimate way of robbing the future of millions of people

Increasingly, countries in the Global South are already in deep debt distress. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and private creditors expect our countries to prioritize debt...

ESCR-Net is thrilled to launch the comic entitled “The Power of the 99% to Stop Corporate Capture and Debt”(available in English, French, Arabic, and Spanish,) a political education tool to spur discussion and deepen understanding of the root causes of debt and its colonial legacies, the role of corporate capture as a driver of the debt crisis, and the intersection with other issues such as the care and climate crises. Ultimately, this comic strives to inspire action to confront corporate capture and the economic models imposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and private creditors, which prioritize creditors' profits and corporate interests at the expense of human rights, including the right to a clean and healthy environment.

The pandemic has exposed not only the failures of the current global economic order dominated by the system of capitalism, of which tax havens and tax abuse disguised as tax minimisation strategies and wealth or asset management are a major component, but also widened the pre-existing socio-economic inequalities between rich and poor countries even further. The alarming revenue gaps plaguing countries in the global South is more than just numbers. They are indicative of the urgently needed investment in public services and provisioning of those services to realizing the rights of the most vulnerable communities.

The Day After Tomorrow: Confronting Systemic Injustices, Advancing Human Rights

 

  • ESCR-Net Global Call to Action – already endorsed by 135 members and 40 allies from over 60 countries – advances collective demands for a just recovery and new normal in the face of COVID19
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The Centre for Global Women Leadership (CGWL) recently released "Auditing Economic Policy for Human Rights", a guide that  provides activists and advocates with...

On Thursday, September 22, ESCR-Net's Working Group on Economic Policy and Human Rights held the first Webinar on Trade and Investment, with opening presentations by Tessa Khan (Climate Litigation Network), Zahra Bazzi (Arab NGO Network for...

After the 2011 Arab uprisings the IMF signalled change to its longstanding policies to focus more on inclusive growth and social inclusion. The ...

The ETO Consortium released a new publication series to provide guidance on how to apply extraterritorial obligations