ESCR Resources
El Grupo de Trabajo sobre Mujeres y Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales (GTMDESC) de la Red-DESC llevó a cabo un informe analítico sobre la vivienda, la tierra y los recursos naturales (VTRN) desde 2015. Los principales objetivos de este proyecto fueron lograr una mayor comprensión de los...
Published: Jun 29 2017 - 4:42pm
Developed thanks to the collective work of ESCR-Net Members
The Women and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Working Group (WESCR WG) of ESCR-Net undertook an analytical report in relation to housing, land and natural resources (HLNR) beginning in 2015 and culminating in an analytical report. The main objectives of this project were to gain a greater...
Published: Jun 29 2017 - 12:12pm
Developed thanks to the collective work of ESCR-Net Members
Nazdeek has partnered with communities in Delhi to develop effective and accessible strategies for monitoring essential services that they are legally entitled to, seek redressal of individual right violations, and, at a collective level, advocate for systemic improvements in the delivery of...
Published: Jun 11 2018 - 6:28am
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
The Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN), in collaboration with the Information and Resource Centre for the Deprived Urban Communities (IRCDUC), released a study presenting the findings of a human rights-based analysis of the forced eviction and relocation of flood-affected communities in the...
Published: Aug 8 2017 - 12:56pm
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
The Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN) collaborated with two other organizations, Fields of View and the Forum against EWS Land Grab, to conduct a study and publish an impact assessment. The purpose of this is to highlight the real extent of the losses and costs incurred by the community as a...
Published: Aug 1 2017 - 1:21pm
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR) submitted a Shadow Report to the United Nations Committee On The Elimination Of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The submission, made in 2012, addresses the right to adequate housing as well as land and ownership rights...
Published: Jul 18 2017 - 10:39am
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR), in October 2012, submitted a Shadow Report to the United Nations Committee On The Elimination Of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in Equatorial Guinea. This submission addresses the right to adequate housing and the right...
Published: Jul 17 2017 - 3:42pm
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR), in October 2012, submitted a Shadow Report to the United Nations Committee On The Elimination Of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). This submission addresses the right to adequate housing and the right to land and other...
Published: Jul 17 2017 - 3:32pm
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
This study by Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN), India, brings to light several human rights issues related to India’s much publicized Smart Cities Mission (SCM), which aims to create 100 ‘smart cities’ in the country by the year 2020.
As the Mission completes two years this month, HLRN’s...
Published: Jun 12 2017 - 3:32pm
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
El derecho a la vivienda y el impacto de los desahucios de viviendas en alquiler sobre las mujeres en España. Diez años después del inicio de la recesión económica, la crisis de vivienda en España no ha terminado. Las autoridades, en lugar de tomar medidas para proteger a miles de personas...
Published: May 5 2017 - 5:46pm
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member