On the eve of International Human Rights Day, which is celebrated each 10 December, ESCR-Net members drew attention to the often-overlooked attacks on indigenous rights defenders in an article published in the global news outlet Al-Jazeera.

The authors of the article, Alfred Brownell...

On 30 October 2018, the Human Rights Committee (HRC) adopted General Comment No. 36on the Right to Life (under Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and...

Fisherfolk and peasant leaders from the Sindh province of  Pakistan organized a 16 day long march against the building of dams on the Indus River on 10 - 25 October 2018. The march was called on by the chair of ESCR-Net member, the ...

ESCR-Net Members Amnesty International (AI), Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia (ACIJ),...

Comité Ambiental en Defensa de la Vida (Environmental Committee in Defense of Life), an environmental and human rights defenders' movement in Colombia, held a symbolic act on Tuesday, October 2, in front of the Palace...