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Irish Traveller communities in Cork monitor and campaign for social rights

**This article has been originally published by Open Global Rights. The author, Koldo Casla, is a research associate at the Institute of Health &...

Promoting the right to adequate housing in Spain through UN mechanisms

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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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Strategic litigation with strong data drives better implementation of right-to-education ruling in South Africa

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Spaces for Change resists regulatory bill that could shrink civil society in Nigeria

Spaces for Change (S4C), a youth-based nonprofit organization aimed at increasing engagement of all Nigerians in decision-making processes, has been active in opposing a recent...

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...

HLRN publishes a report on the eviction impact in a EWS settlement in India

The Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN), part of the Habitat International Coalition, collaborated with two other organizations, Fields of View and the Forum against EWS Land Grab, in order to conduct a study and produce an impact assessment on the current, negative effects...

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...

CESR publishes manual regarding effective monitoring of ESCR

ESCR-Net member the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR), together with the Asia Pacific Forum of National...