ESCR-Net Newsletter: December 2009

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What's in this Issue?       

INSTITUTIONAL NEWS

• Location of the Secretariat 
• ESCR-Net Members - Update Your Web Profile!      

ADJUDICATION AND ESCR

• Campaign for the Ratification and Implementation of the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR:
  Justice NOW! Ratify to Protect all Human Rights 
  o    Upcoming Elections of the Committee on ESCR - Get Involved!
  o    Input on the Process of Adoption of the Rules of Procedure to the OP-ICESCR
  o    Signature Ceremony of the OP-ICESCR and Advocacy within UN Missions and
        Foreign Ministries
  o    Strategy Meetings Organized by the NGO Coalition for an OP-ICESCR
• ESCR Strategic Litigation Project
• ESCR Justice: Monthly Caselaw Update
• Expansion of the Caselaw Database

WOMEN AND ESCR

• Advocacy within UN Bodies - CEDAW and CESCR
• Caselaw Database

CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY

• UN Consultations on Business and Human Rights                            
• The Business and Human Rights Documentation (B-HRD) Project
• International Seminar: Transnational Companies and Human Rights: Litigation from the Perspective of the Victims in Colombia

TRADE, INVESTMENT, FINANCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS

• A Human Rights Response to the Financial Crisis and Economic Recession
• Bridging Trade, Investment, Finance and Human Rights: A Pilot Project in the Agricultural Sector                 
• Extraterritorial Obligations (ETO) Consortium Work

SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND GRASSROOTS' GROUPS

• Third Solidarity Visit and Human Rights Mutual-Learning Workshop
• Video Documentary Project

BUDGET ANALYSIS AND ESCR

• Latin American Training Program on Budget Work and Economic and Social Rights - August 2009

URGENT ACTION APPEALS

• Urgent Action to Free Human Rights Defender in the Democratic Republic of Congo