Collective Work

ESCR-Net launches the French version of the guide "Claiming Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights"

The lives of women are affected by a variety of issues, such as the frequent lack of basic services; formal and substantive inequality; the lack of responsibility of States, companies and other global actors; discriminatory cultural stereotypes; beliefs and the...

Advancing ESCR-Net’s strategic litigation and implementation projects

The Strategic Litigation Working Group met in Geneva to define priorities for the next two years

Meeting with UN Committee on ESCR Members in Geneva

ESCR-Net Strategic Litigation Working Group facilitates discussion on ESCR litigation under the principle of reasonableness

ESCR-Net has now been granted leave from the U.S. District Court to be recognized as amicus curiae in the case of City of Detroit

The Network supports residents’ challenge to the City of Detroit’s decision to cut off water supply to thousands of households unable to pay their bills

ESCR-Net challenges large-scale disconnection of water supply to tens of thousands of low-income residents in Detroit

ESCR-Net has requested leave from the U.S. District Court to be recognized as amicus curiae in support of residents challenging the City of Detroit’s decision to cut off water supply to thousands of households unable to pay their bills

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

ESCR-Net presents the Portuguese version of this guide that provides information on strategic litigation under the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR

First meeting of the Kenyan task force for the implementation of the Endorois decision

Several ESCR-Net members joined a first meeting of the Task Force created by the Kenyan government to address the ACHPR’s ruling on the Endorois case

Implementing the ACHPR’s ruling on the Endorois case

ESCR-Net members explore new regional mechanisms for ruling and assuring dialogue between the Kenyan government and the community

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

ESCR-Net presents the Spanish version of this guide that provides information on strategic litigation under the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR

Collective letter urges Mexico to protect the rights of the Yaqui indigenous people

On 30 June, ESCR-Net sent a letter to the Government of Mexico to urge full protection for the rights of the Yaqui indigenous people who face serious threats as a result of the development of the “Independence Aqueduct” in the state of Sonora

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"

How do we make economic, social and cultural rights a reality in Latin America?

The International Network on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net), the Centre for Law, Justice and Society (Dejusticia) and the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) organized the first Latin America Strategic Workshop on Enforcement of Positive Decisions on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Bogota (Colombia) on February 7-8, 2013, bringing together 20 lawyers and activists from across the region. The workshop was supported by the Ford Foundation and the University of Los Andes.