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Reclaiming and Sustaining the OP-ICESCR´s Vision: Revisiting the journey so far to keep moving forward

Reclaiming and Sustaining the OP-ICESCR´s Vision: Revisiting the journey so far to keep moving forward.

There have always been two conflicting narratives around the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and...

ESCR-Net launches the Spanish version of the Guide "Claiming Women’s ESC Rights using OP-CEDAW and OP-ICESCR"

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

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"

Entry into force of the third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the child (OP3-CRC)

On April 14, 2014, the third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (OP3-CRC) entered into force, allowing the Committee on the Rights of the Child to receive complaints from individuals or groups of individuals against states that have ratified the instrument

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...

Advancing the OP-ICESCR ratification in NYC and Capetown

The NGO Coalition for the Optional Protocol to the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR) advanced its ratification campaign in New York, during the UN Commission on the Status of Women, and in South Africa, via a national seminar. In...

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-...

Forum and Workshop on the OP-ICESCR in Philippines

NGO Coalition for the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and its partners in Philippines, ESCR-Asia, the Philippine Human Rights Information Center (Philrights), the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (...

Meetings on the OP-ICESCR ratification in Benin and Togo

Benin/Togo, 26 October 2013. The International Coalition for the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ends on Oct.26...

Celebrating a New Route to Justice

On September 24th 2009, the OP-ICESCR was opened for signature and ratification (or accession). On 5 May 2013 it entered into force after being ratified by 10 States.

This milestone has opened a new opportunity for advancing economic, social and cultural rights realization....