In October 2017, members of the ESCR-Net Strategic Litigation Working Group and the Women and ESCR Working Group worked collaboratively to submit a third-party intervention to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). The intervention was made in connection with Communication no. 10/2015, a case currently being considered by CESCR under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights communications procedure.
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05/26/2017
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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.
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