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Diverse ESCR-Net members demand justice for Berta Cáceres
This past 17 September 2018 marked the first day of the trial for the assassination of Honduran human rights defender Berta Cáceres and the attempted murder of Gustavo Castro.

The attack, which occurred on 2 March 2016, followed powerful social protests by organizations and activists,...
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Consultation on Human Rights Guiding Principles on private actors in education
The Drafting Committee of the Human Rights Guiding Principles on private actors in education has launched an online public consultation to request comments on the document capturing various consultations that took place in recent years with hundreds of...
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CELS and Movimiento Nacional Campesino Indígena Urge Argentine Supreme Court on Human Rights Approach to Seed Policy
A new amicus curiae intervention request urges the Argentine Supreme Court to take a human rights-based approach to the regulation of seeds in the country. The filing, authored by network member ...
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In memory of Nagi
ESCR-Net member, Habi Center for Environmental Rights, has lost a longstanding leader in the struggle for environmental rights and social justice. Mohamed "Nagi" Ibrahim Mohamed Salem has represented...
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Denouncing attack against an indigenous human rights defender confronting mining in Ecuador
The Coordinadora Andina de Organizaciones Indígenas (Andean Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations, or CAOI) denounced a violent attack against its General Coordinator Yaku Pérez Guartambel. Mr. Pérez is a leader of the Kañari people of Ecuador...
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Twenty-four years seeking justice for egregious rights violations caused by the Chixoy dam project
The Chixoy hydroelectric project, located in the Departments of Alta Verapaz and Baja Verapaz in Guatemala, is responsible for massive human harms, according to ESCR-Net member...
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Gaza blockade posing serious threats to economic, social and cultural rights

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Commemorating Unfreedom Day and the ongoing struggle for dignity in South Africa
Every year on 27 April, South Africa celebrates Freedom Day to commemorate the end of the apartheid regime. On that date in 1994, the country’s first non-racial national elections allowed for the participation of everyone over 18 years old, of any race.

On April 22, the social movement...
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Bus tour across Europe to promote minimum income schemes
On 24 April, the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN), which coordinates the European Minimum Income Network, launched a bus tour across Europe to raise awareness of the importance of adequate,...
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Denouncing Law on Consultation tabled without prior consultation
ESCR-Net member Consejo de Pueblos Wuxhtaj (Council of the Wuxhtaj Peoples), an affiliate of the Consejo de Pueblos Maya (Plurinational Council of Maya Peoples) in the Department of Huehuetenango, Guatemala, has denounced the...
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Civil society denounces for-profit ICT4D network of schools
In March, 88 civil society organizations joined voices in a collective letter urging prominent financial investors to stop backing Bridge International Academies (BIA), a multinational for-profit corporate network running more than 500 schools in Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Uganda and India....
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Unemployed youth activism set stage for new economic policies in Tunisia
Le Forum Tunsien pour les Droits Economiques et Sociaux (FTDES) urged the Tunisian government to adopt a comprehensive development plan in the Gafsa region that respects the economic, social,...
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