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ISER reports on the realization of economic and social rights in Uganda

ESCR-net member, the Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER), works to promote the effective understanding, monitoring, implementation and realization of economic and social rights in Uganda. ISER...

Legal Resource Center intervenes in farm school closure in South Africa

ESCR-Net Member, the Legal Resource Center, is representing the Center for Child Law and the school governing bodies of four farm schools in the Eastern Cape, South...

Lucy and the right to education: new animated video is a tool to promote ratification of the OP-ICESCR

The NGO Coalition for the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has released a new animated video to be used as a tool to promote ratification of the Optional...

Right to Education Project launches online guide to monitoring the right to education using human rights indicators

The Right to Education Project has recently launched their publication of an online Guide to...

Following ESCR-Net members' advocacy, the UN raises alarm about the lack of regulation in education in Kenya

The demands embodied in the civil society report, “Kenya’s...

SUHAKAM publish new report on right to education in Malaysia with the support of CESR

Children with learning disabilities are among the most disadvantaged in Malaysia, and many thousands of them find themselves unable to access even basic education. The ...

European Roma Rights Centre launches an online campaign to combat school segregation

The European Roma Rights Centre is ready to sue segregationists across Europe and has launched an online campaign to combat school segregation. A shocking ...

Organizations across the world say British aid to private schools could violate human rights

A group organizations, including several ESCR-Net members, have expressed concern that the British government could be violating the right to education with its support for the growth of private...

Right To Education Project (RTE) launched the French and Spanish version of their website

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Africa Regional Social Rights Litigation Workshop: 12-14 March 2012, Johannesburg South Africa

Over the last decade, the legal opportunities for claiming economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights have greatly increased in many parts of Africa. This can be seen in the growing use of litigation strategies amongst civil society, increased legal mobilisation of...