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Last October, members from the Strategic Litigation Working Group and Women and ESCR Working Group submitted a collective third party intervention to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) concerning a case in which a woman in Ecuador had been denied her retirement pension request due to a small pause in her social security contributions, which had the impact of nullifying years of subsequent contributions. The nullification was triggered by a time when she had been engaged in unpaid care work at home and unable to make regular contributions for eight months.

The African Court on Human and Peoples Rights, at its 45th session on 26 May 2017 in Arusha, has ruled in favor of the Ogiek indigenous peoples in their claim against the Kenyan government, for consistent violations and denial of their land rights. The Court held, following an eight-year process, that the Kenyan government violated seven articles of the African Charter.

For the last five years, ESCR-Net’s Strategic Litigation Working Group (SLWG) has promoted the restitution of lands to the Endorois community via the implementation of the ruling of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), using a variety of strategies. On 22 February 2017, the SLWG sent a letter to the ACHPR to support the application of one of the Commission’s Rules of Procedure regarding the Endorois Welfare Council in Kenya.