Collective Work

Recognizing the Indivisibility of the Right to Life with Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Written Submission for the General Discussion on the Preparation for a General Comment on Article 6 (Right to Life) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

In its ...

ESCR-Net engages in international meetings on human rights to water, sanitation and housing in Detroit

ESCR-Net participated in strategy meetings in Detroit, Michigan, related to the ongoing denial of human rights to water, sanitation and housing to thousands of residents in the former industrial capital of the USA. The gathering was coordinated by those at the front of the grassroots struggle...

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

Collective Work

Recognizing the Indivisibility of the Right to Life with Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

ESCR-Net engages in international meetings on human rights to water, sanitation and housing in Detroit

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

Advancing ESCR-Net’s strategic litigation and implementation projects

Meeting with UN Committee on ESCR Members in Geneva

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

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

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

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

Implementing the ACHPR’s ruling on the Endorois case

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

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