ESCR-Net Newsletter - July 2009

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What's in this Issue?

 ACTION PLANS AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

• Action Plans for Areas of Work
• Location of the Secretariat  

ADJUDICATION AND ESCR

• Campaign for the Ratification and Implementation of the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR: 'Justice NOW! Ratify to Protect all Human Rights'
• ESCR Justice: Monthly Caselaw Update
• Expansion of the Case Law Database

WOMEN AND ESCR

• Make The Link! ESC Rights are Women's Human Rights
• Participation in the 53rd Commission on the Status of Women
• Two General Recommendations to be considered at CEDAW 44 on (1) Older Women and (2) the Economic Consequences of Divorce by the CEDAW Committee

CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY

• The Business and Human Rights Documentation (B-HRD) Project
• Advocacy Guide on Business and Human Rights in the United Nations
• UN Consultations on Business and Human Rights
• Corporate Accountability Online Forum

 TRADE, INVESTMENT, FINANCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS

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

SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND GRASSROOTS' GROUPS

•  Video Documentary Project 

BUDGET ANALYSIS AND ESCR

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

URGENT ACTION APPEALS

• Urgent Action for Human Rights Defenders in Kenya
• Guidelines for Urgent Action Appeals