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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...

Bank on Human Rights Coalition decides strategic priorities

Thirty-three members and allies from seventeen countries attended the gathering in Johannesburg, South Africa

Rural Movements in Brazil denounce bank corruption

MST, MAB and other organizations criticize HSBC due its participation in several scandals of corruption and money laundering

Highlights from the webinar “Addressing Measurement Challenges of the SDGs” (Jun 4, 2014)

On June 4th, UNDESA/DSD and the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation hosted a Webinar on the measurement challenges of the Sustainable...

Opportunity: online consultation on "Participatory Monitoring for Accountability in the Post-2015 Development Agenda" (Apr 2-May 7, 2014)

The ...

ESCR-Net calls for Suspension of POSCO-India Steel Project Amidst Ongoing Human Rights Concerns

Human rights violations connected to the POSCO-India project must be addressed as a matter of priority by India and South Korea during South Korean President Park Geun-Hye’s state visit to India.

Ogoni March for International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2013

Over ten thousand Ogonis including MOSOP activists marched on Bori, the Ogoni ancestral capital to commemorate the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples and protest the failure of the Nigerian Government to implement the UNEP environmental assessment report on Ogoni two years after its official release.

Suspend the POSCO-India project and cease all forcible acquisition of land in Jagatsinghpur District, Odisha

On July 3, 2013, ESCR-Net and the International Human Rights Clinic of New York University's School of Law sent a letter to the Cheif Minister of Odisha, India, calling for the suspension of the POSCO-India project unless and until human rights are respected and upheld.

Press Release: Collective statement to the Government of Odisha, India

On February 15, 2012, over 250 human rights activists, organizations, academics and independent experts placed an Open Letter in the Indian media to underscore their deep concern about the ongoing violent acquisition of land by the government of Odisha, to make way for the POSCO corporation's integrated steel plant.

Oct. 16th, 2012: Social movements claim the right to food and food sovereignty

The 16^th of October is World Food Day, celebrated around the world as a means to promote effective approaches to ending hunger. However, with nearly one billion of people suffering from hunger, World Food Day also marks another year of serious violations of the right to food.