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December 2015 discussion: forging strategic links between human rights indicators and right to information advocacy approaches

Welcome to our December monthly discussion! I’m Alejandra Umpiérrez from the Center for Archives and Access to Public Information (CAinfo), a Uruguay-based civil society organization advocating for the right to information, freedom of expression and citizen...

A short wrap-up of our November discussion, facilitated by Hakijamii, is now available

In the November discussion facilitated by Pauline Vata from Hakijamii (Economic & Social Rights Centre), we explored how we can improve the use of indicators for effective country review by U.N....

November 2015 Discussion: Using Indicators to Enhance Country Reviews by U.N. Treaty Bodies

Welcome to our November monthly discussion! I’m Pauline Vata from Hakijamii, a Kenya-based NGO advocating for economic and social rights of marginalized groups, especially those in urban areas. In the ...

Wrap-up: October 2015 Discussion

In the October discussion facilitated by Kate Donald from the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR), we looked into the question of how we as human rights activists and practitioners can...

Opportunity: IAEG-SDGs' open consultation with observers & stakeholders on the proposed indicators (Nov 4-7, 2015)

The Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs), which was established to develop an indicator framework for the monitoring of the SDGs and associated targets, conducts...

October 2015 Discussion: Can the SDG Indicators be a Tool for Human Rights Accountability?

Welcome to our October monthly discussion! I’m Kate Donald from the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR), and I’ll be facilitating the discussion this month. As you may know, two weeks ago, on 25 September 2015 at United Nations headquarters in New York,...

FIAN launched a new monitoring tool on the rights to land and other natural resources of marginalized social groups

In response to the recent wave of land grabbing and plundering, the concentration of land and water in the hands of a few powerful entities, as well as the growing privatization and commoditization of nature, FIAN International has...

Opportunity: seeking input on the "Corporate Human Rights Benchmark Methodology" (by Oct 2, 2015)

The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB) is seeking input on two key documents that will inform the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB)...

Measuring What We Treasure: Human Rights Insights for Post-2015 Development

*** Cross-posted from the Center for Economic and Social Rights

Negotiations and political horse-trading on the post-2015 sustainable development agenda will...

CESR proposes illustrative indicators for a Post-2015 fiscal revolution

As the post-2015 debate moves swiftly from deciding sustainable development goals and targets toward developing a set of indicators to measure the achievement of these goals, the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) and Christian Aid believe that a human...