ESCR-Net Newsletter - April, 2011

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What's in this Issue?   

INSTITUTIONAL NEWS

• Director Search and ESCR-Net Location of the Secretariat
• Follow ESCR-Net on Twitter
• Share Information and Seek Out Support!  How to Take Advantage of the ESCR-Net Discussion Groups
• ESCR-Net Members: Keep your web profiles up-to-date!

ADJUDICATION OF ESCR

• Optional Protocol to the ICESCR Ratification Campaign
  -Update on Ratifications
  -Toolkit for Action for the OP-ICESCR 
  -10 for Access to Justice for All Human Rights
  -Advocacy on the Rules of Procedure
  - Election of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  -Workshop at the World Social Forum, Dakar, Senegal
• Enforcement of ESCR Judgments
• Online Litigation Forum
• ESCR Strategic Litigation Project
  - Workshop: Strategic Litigation Initiative in Support of the OP-ICESCR, October 12-13, 2010
• ESCR Justice: Monthly Caselaw Update

CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY

• UN Advocacy on Business and Human Rights
• The Business and Human Rights Documentation (B-HRD) Project
• Corporate Accountability in the United States Universal Periodic Review

ECONOMIC POLICY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

• Economic Policy in the United States Universal Periodic Review
• UN Expert Meeting on the Impact of Recovery Measures on the Human Rights of Those Living in Extreme Poverty
• Bridging Trade, Investment, Finance and Human Rights: A Pilot Project in Agriculture

WOMEN AND ESCR

• Claiming Women's ESCR: UN Advocacy
• Claiming Women's ESCR: Advocacy and Litigation Support
• Caselaw Database: Laxmi Mandal

SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND GRASSROOTS GROUPS

• Documentary Film Project: Human Rights For and By the People
• Human Rights Mutual Learning Workshop & 3rd Solidarity Visit

URGENT ACTION APPEALS

• Mexico:  End Workers' Rights Abuses at Excellon Mine
• Protect Human Rights Defenders in Egypt

OTHER INITIATIVES

Securing the Right to Food in Bolivia