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ESCR-Net expands Arabic communications and collective work in the Middle East and North Africa

ESCR-Net is deepening its outreach in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and strengthening connections with Arabic-speaking organizations and individuals working to advance ESCR.

The Network is fortunate for the longstanding leadership of several strong members in the region, who have...

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 ...

Celebrating the second anniversary of the OP-ICESCR

The NGO Coalition for the OP-ICESCR joined Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Group of Friends of the OP-ICESCR to celebrate...

Criminalization of human rights defenders in South Africa

SERI released a publication on the state of human rights advocats in South Africa

Global launch of the 20th issue of SUR Journal

Conectas launches the commemorative issue of the international journal on human rights

Regional seminar on human rights and territory defense in Brazil

Terra de Direitos held a two-day regional seminar on human rights and territory defense with participation of social movements, community associations and entities of popular advice.

New online platform to advance corporate accountability in Latin America

PODER has launched a new open data platform to address the lack of transparency and advance corporate accountability of the private sector in Latin America by monitoring companies, corporative elites and their government counterparts

50,000 march in Nigeria to demand the rights of Ogoni People

On January 4, 2014, more than fifty thousand Ogoni people from Niger Delta communities celebrated the 21st anniversary of the Ogoni struggle for justice (Ogoni Day). The mobilization, was organized by the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), and coincided with the launching of “Land in the Struggle for Justice: Social Movement Strategies to Secure Human Rights”, an ESCR-Net publication

Collective letter on criteria for UN Special Procedures nominations

On 14 October, ESCR-Net submitted a collective letter to the Consultative Group of the UN Human Rights Council. Anticipating the upcoming appointment of several new mandate-holders to the UN Special Procedure , the letter addressed the criteria for the selection of new experts to serve as mandate-holders.

South Africa: Stop the murders, detentions and threats against shack dwellers

On 10 October, 2013, ESCR-Net sent an Urgent Action appeal in response to the recent murders, arbitrary detentions, intimidation and threats against leaders of the shack-dweller movement and ESCR-Net member, Abahlali baseMjondolo and called on the Government of South Africa to uphold its human rights obligations.