The people of Lebanon took the world by surprise when on 17 October 2019 they took to the streets to protest planned austerity measures. According to the Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND), Lebanon has...
The announcement made by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, which stated that the US will no longer consider Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, was denounced by human rights defenders across the world, including ESCR-Net members.
ESCR-Net members, POSCO Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) are once again forced to resist the transfer of their land by the government of Odisha, India, to a steel company, despite having previously...
On 13 September 2019, S’bu Zikode, the president of Abahlali baseMjondolo and member of ESCR-Net’s Board, was invited to speak at Harvard University on the topic of urban activism.
In a newly released report Manipulative Ways, ESCR-Net member, The Democracy Center, outlines several strategies used by global corporations to dispossess...
Tamkeen Center for Legal Aid and Human Rights urges the Jordanian government to increase the national minimum wage and to include immigrant workers and refugees. The move is a response to growing impoverishment of people living in...
