Collective Work

Manual - Claiming ESCR at the United Nations

The International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has launched the new publication "Claiming ESCR at the United Nations: a manual on utilizing the OP-ICESCR in strategic litigation"

UN event celebrates the first anniversary of the entry into force of the OP-ICESCR in NYC

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), with the co-sponsorship of the Permanent Missions of Portugal and Uruguay, on behalf of the Group of Friends of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on...

South Africa-Seminar on State’s obligations in relation to implementation and reporting under the ICESCR and OP-ICESCR

South African members of the NGO Coalition, Community Law Centre (CLC) and Socio Economic Rights Institute (SERI) together with their partners People Health's Movements South Africa, Black Sash, GCAP, Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII) and the...

Launch of ICESCR commentary by ESCR-Net Member and allies

CHRGJ and ESCR-Net organice a launch event of the new publication: The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Commentary, Cases and Materials

Meeting on the OP-ICESCR in Nepal-January 2014

On January 14, 2014, 40 human rights activists and governmental officials gathered in Kathmandu, Nepal, to discuss the ratification of the OP-ICESCR and its role in advancing the protection of ESCR within the country. The event was organized by the NGO Coalition for the OP-...

Celebration of the Entry into Force of the OP-ICESCR

Access to justice for ESCR violations celebrated globally, with States making new commitments to ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR).