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NGOs advocate for the urgent need to address fiscal policy as a human rights issue within the Inter-American System

Several ESCR-Net members, including ACIJ, CELS, CESR, Dejusticia and Fundar, participated in the thematic hearing on fiscal policy and human rights at the 156th session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), held in Washington DC on 22 October 2015...

Open Budget Survey Report (2012)

Summary: The results of the 2012 Open Budget Index (OBI), which the International Budget Partnership released last...

Mental Disability Advocacy Centre (MDAC) v. Bulgaria, Complaint No. 41/2007

The Mental Disability Advocacy Center brought a complaint before the European Committee of Social Rights (which judges compliance of State parties with the European Social Charter) alleging that children living in homes for mentally disabled children (HMDCs) in Bulgaria received little to no education.

In the matter of Article 26 of the Constitution and the Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2004, [2005] I.E.S.C. 7 (Ir.)

In 2005, under the Article 26 procedure of the Constitution, the Irish Supreme Court reviewed the constitutionality of a bill referred to it by the President. This bill authorized charges for in-patient services, provided by the public health service, to be imposed on certain people, in most cases, elderly people of limited means.

Opportunity: a webinar on "Social Accountability in Extractive Industries" (Jun 30, 2015)

On 30 June 2015, the Global Partnership for Social Accountability will host a ...

Advancing Tax Justice Through Human Rights

International meeting organized by CESR on Tax Policy promotes the progressive realization of ESCR

Settlement agreement between ACIJ and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, concerning case 23360/0 of 2008

In 2006, Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia (ACIJ), an organization member of the ESCR-Net, filed an amparo action against the Government of the City of Buenos Aires. The purpose of the action was to have the Court order the Government to comply with its existing constitutional obligation to ensure and finance access to early education. The case centered on violations of the right to education and to equality, as well as the principle of personal autonomy.

Opportunity: Advanced Training on Monitoring ESCR (Geneva, Jun 8-12, 2015)

Organized by the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (joint center of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and the University of Geneva), this...

Case “Special Care Unit 13” (Pabellón 13) regarding patients with HIV-AIDS brought against the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER) and other authorities (AR 378/2014)

On December 20, 2012, three patients of the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases “Ismael Cosío Villegas” (INER) brought the indirect amparo action 1669/2012 against various authorities held responsible, including the National Commission of Social Protection in Health, the Technical Committee of the Trust for the System of Social Protection in Health and the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases “Ismael Cosío Villegas” (INER), for the failure of said authorities to take all necessary measures to guarantee and implement the patients’ right to the enjoyment of the highest attainabl

Prakash Mani Sharma v. Gov’t of Nepal (SCN, Writ No. 064)

In 2007, petitioners brought a case seeking mandamus to enforce obligations of women’s reproductive health rights under Article 20 (2) of the Interim Constitution and international human rights treaties to which Nepal is party. Petitioners argued that despite budgetary allotments by the government, no meaningful or effective programs had been initiated by the State to address the problem of uterine prolapse, as evidenced by the hundreds of thousands of women suffering from the condition.