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Debt is a manifestation of neoliberal capitalism and its crises. The current waves of debt accumulation have been an increasingly central phenomenon of the global economy since the 19th Century with the development of sovereign debt as a powerful tool for colonial empire-building. This led to the expansion of capital markets by creditors from industrialized countries who saw an opportunity to invest heavily abroad for profits. This background document on debt and corporate capture attempts to help members understand the current global debt crisis, the structural drivers and the role private financial actors/corporations have played in deepening the crisis while putting profits ahead of peoples rights and well-being.

Rebuilding the Social Organisation of Care: A Key to Dismantling Womxn's Poverty

The critical role of decent work for care workers and the public responsibility of States in financing, regulating, and providing care public services and systems. 

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In the quest for gender equality, every setback is a blow to progress, resonating far beyond its immediate impact. Nowhere is this more evident than in the ongoing genocide in Palestine. As feminists, we recognize that the principles of social justice and human rights know no borders, and it is incumbent upon us to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian women and girls, whose. lives and futures are at heightened risk as part of a prolonged Israeli occupation of their land.

A collective of ESCR-Net members and allied organizations filed a written submission in response to Argentina's request for an advisory opinion on the right to care made to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR). The prospective advisory opinion represents a groundbreaking opportunity for an international human rights court to recognize the right to care, which implies the recognition of care work as the work that sustains life in all its facets and the proper functioning of society.

On Tuesday, February 6th, at 11 am (Nairobi), members of ESCR-Net will deliver to the Attorney General of Kenya's office in Nairobi two call-to-action letters demanding the government immediately implement the Commission and Court rulings to ensure justice and reparations for the Endorois and Ogiek Peoples, including return of their ancestral lands and respect of their rights to free, prior and informed consent over any actions taken there.

With this letter, addressed to the President of Guatemala and the presidents of the Constitutional Court and the Congress of the Republic, we demand to guarantee the transition of power in the country and to end the instrumentalization of the judicial power to undermine democracy. ...

On 30 November 2023, ESCR-Net sent a collective submission in response to the call for inputs issued by the Special...

This advocacy briefing is grounded in the mutual exchange among ESCR-Net members, particularly facilitated through the Working Group on Environment and ESCR. Drawing on years of analysis focused on the realities of climate injustices and the intricate relationship between loss and damage and...