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Dullah Omar Institute hosts workshop on the access to justice for community members

On 28 and 29 June 2017, the Dullah Omar Institute, with the help of funding from the Open Society Foundation for South Africa (OSF-SA), hosted a...

The Bulgarian Helsinki Committee advocates for the rights of persons with disabilities

The Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC) has sent its alternative report on the rights of persons with disabilities to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with...

CORE publishes short guides reporting on modern slavery

The Corporate Responsibility Coalition (CORE) collaborated with Anti-Slavery International, Unicef UK, and the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre to...

AIPP submits joint report to UN Committee on the elimination of discrimination against women

Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) collaborated with Indigenous Women’s Network of Thailand (IWNT) to submit a joint shadow report on behalf of indigenous women in...

Torture and illegal detention of law student reaffirms need for anti-torture law in India

On 9 June 2017, a law student, Stalin, was detained in India for 18 hours under suspicion of being part of a smuggling network. According to the Asian Human Rights Commission...

How governments are failing on the right to education: Findings from citizens’ reports in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Nepal

This report presents important new findings on the right to education from citizen-led...

Developed by an ESCR-Net Member

Should African States ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights?

Should African States ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights? A guide to the complementarity between the human rights systems at the African regional level and the international level.

The guide is available...

Developed thanks to the collective work of ESCR-Net Members

Online tool for civilian led monitoring of violations in Iraq

As Iraq continues to struggle with armed conflict and a protracted humanitarian crisis, Minority Rights Group and the...

Developed by an ESCR-Net Member

ANND: The Labor market and employment in Lebanon

A publication in Arabic by the Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) tackling the issue of employment policies in Lebanon. Since independence and until now, Lebanon has not seen an...

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The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Commentary

On 10 December 2008, coinciding with the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR). The Optional...

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