ESCR-Net Newsletter - September / October 2015

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The International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) involves over 270 Members in 70 countries, together building “a global movement to make human rights and social justice a reality for all”.

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Following an intervention by the Strategic Litigation Working Group, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights found Spain in violation of the right to housing in its first case under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR).

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Eighteen grassroots leaders from eight countries forged cross-regional analysis and relationships on the US Gulf Coast, amid the 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the 5th Anniversary of the BP Oil Spill, as part of the Social Movement Working Group.

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Thirty human rights leaders engaged in an international strategy meeting of the Women and ESCR Working Group in Montevideo, Uruguay, focused on advancing women’s human rights related to housing, land and natural resources.

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The Economic Policy Working Group has initiated a mapping exercise to explore evolving analyses of global conditions, existing advocacy of members and new spaces were collective action might strengthen the realization of human rights.

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ESCR-Net launched a French version of "Claiming ESCR at the United Nations: a manual on utilizing the OP-ICESCR in strategic litigation.”

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The Strategic Litigation Working Group, together with FESPAD, co-facilitated an ESCR litigation workshop, exploring opportunities afforded by El Salvador’s ratification of the OP-ICESCR. 

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The NGO Coalition for the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR launched a call to action, opened nominations of candidates for its Steering Committee and celebrated the first recommendations of the UN Committee on ESCR under the OP-ICESCR.

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The Monitoring Working Group launched a new webpage and presented a monthly discussion facilitated by CESR on how new Sustainable Development Goal Indicators might become a tool for human rights accountability.

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Upcoming events

The Corporate Accountability Working Group will co-host its third annual Peoples’ Forum on Human Rights and Business with Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC), in Nairobi, October 26-28.
ESCR-Net, with KHRC and FIDH, will co-host the second regional consultation of the Treaty Initiative, in Nairobi, October 23-25.
The NGO Coalition for the OP-ICESCR in partnership with the Group of Friends of the OP-ICESCR and the OHCHR will hold a side-event on the role of the OP-ICESCR in the context of SDGs during the UN Third Committee Sessions, in New York, October 21.
The Strategic Litigation Working Group, with the Plataforma das ONGs de Cabo Verde, will facilitate a workshop on ESCR litigation, in Cabo Verde, October 29-30.
The Women and ESCR Working Group will facilitate a joint briefing with the UN Committee on ESCR and CEDAW Committee in Geneva, November 7.
The Corporate Accountability Working Group will hold Treaty Initiative and Corporate Capture sessions at the UN Forum on Business and HR in Geneva, December 16-18.
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