The NGO Coalition for the OP-ICESCR participated in the UN 70th General Assembly-Third Committee in New York. For the third year in a row, the Group of Friends of the OP-ICESCR presented a statement,...
On September 17, 2015, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) published its first recommendations in response to an individual complaint, regarding a violation of the right to housing, under the Optional Protocol to the...
The Steering Committee of the NGO Coalition for the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR is calling for candidates who are eager to take responsibility in the process of strengthening the Campaign for the Ratification of the...
Participants emphasized the importance of the OP-ICESCR in securing access to justice at multiple levels for victims of human rights violations at a side event at the UN Human Rights Council...
In anticipation of the second anniversary of the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR) on 5 May 2015, the NGO Coalition for the OP-ICESCR attended the 56th...
The lives of women are affected by a variety of issues, such as the frequent lack of basic services; formal and substantive inequality; the lack of responsibility of States, companies and other global actors; discriminatory cultural stereotypes; beliefs and the...
In anticipation of the second anniversary of the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR) on 5 May 2015, the NGO Coalition for the OP-ICESCR...
The NGO Coalition for the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant to the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR) attended the XXV Meeting of High Authorities on Human Rights of MERCOSUR (RAADDHH) on 20-21 November 2014, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This high-level meeting is held...
The ESCR-Net Working Group on Women and ESCR, in collaboration with IWRAW-AP, has publish the Spanish version of a resource guide to promote economic, social and cultural rights of women using the Optional Protocol
