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Several ESCR-Net members, including ACIJ, CELS, CESR, Dejusticia and Fundar, participated in the thematic hearing on fiscal policy and human rights at the 156th session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), held in Washington DC on 22 October 2015...

The Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR), in collaboration with the Asia-Pacific Forum (APF) released a new publication, “Defending Dignity: A Manual for...

The United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015, held in New York from 25-27 September, marked the official adoption of the post-2015 development agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as outlined in...

On 28 September 2015, in celebrating the International Right to Know Day, the Center for Archives and Access to Public Information (CAinfo) launched a new website to monitor data on the right to health in Uruguay: www.salud.org.uy. Focusing...

The Post 2015 Women’s Coalition released four press releases related to the new SDGs and women's rights. 

  • Press Release: "The Promise to '
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In response to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) and the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL),...

In response to the recent wave of land grabbing and plundering, the concentration of land and water in the hands of a few powerful entities, as well as the growing privatization and commoditization of nature, FIAN International has...

To better inform citizens, environmental rights defenders, and community organizations of how to monitor dangerous industries, the Habi Center for Environmental Rights recently published a...

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Negotiations and political horse-trading on the post-2015 sustainable development agenda will...

As the post-2015 debate moves swiftly from deciding sustainable development goals and targets toward developing a set of indicators to measure the achievement of these goals, the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) and Christian Aid believe that a human...