Collective Work & Discussions

Building an alternative narrative on ESCR data

In Mexico City, from the 29 January – 2 February, the Monitoring Working Group of ESCR-Net held its first strategy meeting. The meeting brought together 20 members of ESCR-Net to discuss key challenges in using data to advance socioeconomic rights, develop a shared analysis of how data should...

Watch: Video animation on Corporate Capture

ESCR-Net members have increasingly been using the term “corporate capture” to refer to the means by which an economic elite undermine the realization of human rights and the environment by exerting undue influence over domestic and international decision-makers and public institutions.

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Webinar on Using technical evidence for strategic ESCR litigation

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Advancing network-wide collective action and campaigning

From 22-25 July, 31 member representatives from 17 countries met in Durban, South Africa, organized with Abahlali baseMjondolo and the ...

Webinar on ‘How do we effectively monitor ESCR?’

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Communities telling their own stories: a report on our experiences

Data and evidence can play a crucial role in advancing social justice and human rights. Yet ESCR-Net members have recognized that too often data production does not reflect the lived realities of peoples who face poverty, inequality and injustice.

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Interpreting the Right to Life: ESCR-Net member submissions to the Human Rights Committee

In mid-2017, the Human Rights Committee (HRC) released its draft General Comment on the Right to Life (under Article 6...

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Advancing collective action toward new Network-wide objectives

At the ESCR-Net Global Strategy Meeting in November 2016, over 140 representatives of Member organizations – working across four languages – defined shared objectives to collectively confront unjust systems and promote transformative alternatives to advance ESCR over the next...

Webinar on ESCR Monitoring and Budget Analysis

Why and How Do We Apply Budget Analysis in Advancing ESCR?

In June/July 2016, members of the Monitoring Working Group conducted a brief survey to solicit interest and experiences on the use of...

December 2015 discussion: forging strategic links between human rights indicators and right to information advocacy approaches

Welcome to our December monthly discussion! I’m Alejandra Umpiérrez from the Center for Archives and Access to Public Information (CAinfo), a Uruguay-based civil society organization advocating for the right to information, freedom of expression and citizen...

A short wrap-up of our November discussion, facilitated by Hakijamii, is now available

In the November discussion facilitated by Pauline Vata from Hakijamii (Economic & Social Rights Centre), we explored how we can improve the use of indicators for effective country review by U.N....

November 2015 Discussion: Using Indicators to Enhance Country Reviews by U.N. Treaty Bodies

Welcome to our November monthly discussion! I’m Pauline Vata from Hakijamii, a Kenya-based NGO advocating for economic and social rights of marginalized groups, especially those in urban areas. In the ...