On the week of 14 November 2016, ESCR-Net plans to hold a global strategy meeting of members across 70 countries in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ESCR-Net—over 220 NGOs and social movements and 50 individual advocates—works “to build a global movement to make human...
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights invites, with the co-sponsorship of the Permanent Missions of Portugal and Uruguay, on behalf of the Group of Friends of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights...
The NGO Coalition for the OP-ICESCR joined Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Group of Friends of the OP-ICESCR to celebrate the second anniversary of the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the International...
The Optional Protocol to the ICESCR, which was opened for signature and ratification on September 24, 2009, ushers in a new era at the UN, in which the adjudication and enforcement of ESC rights will be engaged for...
