1. Strategic Litigation

Collective Work

Initial steps towards improving the implementation of decisions in the Americas

On 20 March 2017, members of the Strategic Litigation Working Group (SLWG) gathered at the office of the Due Process...

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ESCR-Net sends letter to the ACHPR regarding land restitution for the Endorois

For the last five years, ESCR-Net's Strategic Litigation Working Group (SLWG) has promoted the restitution of lands to the Endorois community via the...

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Endorois women and men join forces in their struggle for the right to land in Kenya

On August 10-12, 2016, the Endorois Welfare Council (EWC), with the support of ESCR-Net, organized its first women’s workshop, bringing to Nakuru (Kenya) 25 women from the 16 locations where the Endorois live today.

Unprecedented ruling by...

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The SLWG and the Geneva Academy organize joint meeting with HRC and CESCR members

In the context of the 50th anniversary of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the first rulings of the Committee on ESCR (CESCR) under the OP-ICESCR, and advances in...

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ESCR-Net's Strategic Litigation Working Group publishes new commentary on the OP-ICESCR

ESCR-Net's Strategic Litigation Working Group (formerly Adjudication Working Group) is publishing a new commentary on the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR). This new ...

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ESCR-Net urges Members States of the OAS to resolve the severe financial crisis facing the IACHR

On 3 June 2016, the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) sent a letter to 34 presidents and prime ministers of Member States of the...

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The protection of economic, social and cultural rights in Costa Rica

On 27 and 28 April 2016, over 20 human rights experts - including individuals, representatives of human rights organizations, and members of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador and...

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ESCR-Net Members and allies input into role of IACHR in realization of ESCR in D.C.

On January 27, 2016, over twenty civil society organizations from the United States and Canada, including the following ESCR-Net members: Center of Concern, CESR, CIEL, CWGL, DPLF, Kairos/Poverty Initiative, Mining Watch, PHRGE, and Tara Melish, gathered at the...

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Implementation under the African System of Human and Peoples’ Rights

Members and partners of the Strategic Litigation Working Group (SLWG) foregrounded implementation at the 57th Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), which was held on Nov. 4-11, 2015, in Banjul, The Gambia....

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Human rights organizations meet in Praia, Cabo Verde, to discuss the protection of ESCR

On October 29-30, ESCR-Net's Strategic Litigation Working Group (SLWG) and Plataforma das ONGs (Cabo Verde) co-facilitated a workshop on ESCR...

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ESCR-Net publishes article analyzing the historic step towards access to justice for ESCR violations at UN

In September, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR) issued historic recommendations, finding Spain in violation of the right to housing, in the first case...

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New French version of the guide "Claiming ESCR at the United Nations"

The International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights presents the new French version of the guide "...

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