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On 7 – 11 February 2023, ESCR-Net social movement members gathered in Durban, South Africa. The participants were largely from the Sub-Saharan region, along with a few fellow social movement members from the USA and Spain, as well as a few allies from within and outside the Network. The gathering was co-hosted by members, Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM) and Socio-Economic Rights Initiative (SERI).

ESCR-Net – International Network of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) condemns the recent Israeli government attacks on Syrian Arab residents in the occupied Syrian Golan who are resisting the ongoing expansion of a wind-farm development criticized as an example of green-washin the occupation spearheaded by corporate actors. This is all too familiar for many ESCR-Net members who have faced similar struggles in the name of so-called green energy development, including in conflict-affected areas and occupied territory. We express our solidarity with ESCR-Net member Al-Marsad Arab Human Rights Center in Golan-Heights and the wider Syrian community in occupied Syrian Golan who continue to resist in the face of violent dispossession.