ESCR Resources
The recognition of the right to land, a historic demand by peasant movements throughout the world, is gaining momentum at the international level. This publication takes stock of this major issue of our times, fundamental not only for all peasants but also for the rest of humanity, at a time when...
Published: Oct 4 2016 - 12:14pm
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
The paper provided detailed information on the current state of women’s rights to access, use of, and control over land and other resources. It points out that just as “discrimination against women and girls impairs progress in all other areas of development,” gender inequality in secure rights to...
Published: Oct 3 2016 - 1:55pm
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
The purpose of Using CEDAW to Secure Women’s Land and Property Rights: A Practical Guide is to provide advocacy information, advice and tools to those wishing to use the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and its Optional Protocol to secure the land...
Published: Oct 3 2016 - 1:35pm
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
تناقش هذه المذكرة الإعلامية آثار النماذج المعتمدة لتمويل الصناعة الاستخراجية ومشروعات البنية التحتية الواسعة النطاق على حقوق الإنسان. وتنتقد الشروط الحالية التي تحكم الاستثمار الأجنبي المباشر وتمويل البنية التحتية، مع إيلاء طرائق التمويل التي تروج لها المؤسسات المالية والسياسية الرئيسة، ومنها بنوك...
Published: Oct 3 2016 - 12:21pm
Developed thanks to the collective work of ESCR-Net Members
Cette note d'information analyse les implications des modèles actuels de financement pour l'industrie extractive et des projets d'infrastructure à grande échelle sur les droits humains. Elle critique les conditions actuelles dans lesquelles se réalisent l'investissement étranger direct et le...
Published: Oct 3 2016 - 12:18pm
Developed thanks to the collective work of ESCR-Net Members
Esta nota informativa presenta las consecuencias que tienen los modelos actuales de financiación de las industrias extractivas y los proyectos de infraestructura a gran escala sobre el disfrute de los derechos humanos. También critica las condiciones actuales en que se llevan a cabo la inversión...
Published: Oct 3 2016 - 12:10pm
Developed thanks to the collective work of ESCR-Net Members
This briefing note discusses the human rights implications of current models of financing for extractive industry and large-scale infrastructure projects. It critiques the current conditions under which foreign direct investment and infrastructure financing take place, with a focus on the financing...
Published: Oct 3 2016 - 12:06pm
Developed thanks to the collective work of ESCR-Net Members
Moving towards a Right to Land: The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’ Treatment of Land Rights as Human Rights - Minority Rights provides a synthesis of the already substantial guidance on human rights and land issues elaborated by the CESCR and other UN bodies, focusing on...
Published: Sep 29 2016 - 12:11pm
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
What’s the right to the city? Inputs for the New Urban Agenda.The Global Platform for the Right to the City emerged from the initiative of several organizations working on the theme around the world and from the need to pro- mote and mobilize national and local governments, international and...
Published: Jun 18 2016 - 1:57pm
أطلقت المنظمة الدولية للتنمية الشاملة وكمبوديا المنصفة دليلا جديدا للدفاع عن حقوق الأرض والسكن بعنوان: تجنب عمليات الإخلاء القسري: دليل حول التفاوض والمناصرة.ويهدف هذا الدليل إلى مساعدة المجتمعات على التفاوض مع الشركات أو الجهات الحكومية التي تحاو أخذ أراضيهم أو طردهم من منازلهم. ويحتوي الدليل على...
Published: Feb 4 2016 - 4:22pm