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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...

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AIHR offers free online course on the application of human rights

The Asian Institute for Human Rights (AIHR) collaborated with an E-Learning Group to produce an E-Learning Course on the Basics of Application of the Human Rights...

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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
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New videos showing programs for displaced and conflict-affected people of Myanmar

ESCR-Net Member, The Border Consortium (TBC), that works together with displaced and conflict-affected people of Burma/Myanmar to address humanitarian needs, recently launched...

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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
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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...

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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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Celebrating the achievements of the campaign for the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR

The Global Strategy Meeting of ESCR-Net, which took place this past November in Buenos Aires (Argentina), provided an ideal moment in which to share lessons learned and celebrate the achievements of eight years of actions by the Campaign for the Ratification of...

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The Network takes significant steps towards new strategic plan

The Global Strategy Meeting (GSM) offered an opportunity for members to develop shared objectives which will guide common action and greater collaboration across the Network, helping to realize the potential of ESCR-Net as a collective force for human rights and...

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