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Mining projects in Colombia rejected by popular vote initiated by social movements

On 27 March, 2017, the residents of the Cajamarca region of Colombia, decided by a democratic popular referendum to reject a mining project that threatens an environmentally protected rural area...

Victory over global steel giant by farmers’ social movement in India

Around the world, social movements and human rights advocates are celebrating the definitive suspension of the POSCO-India project. The project, which represented the largest source of foreign direct investment (FDI) in India’s history, entailed a massive integrated...

FIAN launches a monthly series on the right to food

On the ocassion of its 30th anniversary, FIAN International launched a monthly series on...

Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum celebrates International Rivers Day

Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) is celebrating International Rivers...

FIAN, in collaboration with other members, releases the Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2016

FIAN International, together with several ESCR-Net members as Observatori DESC, Pakistán FisherFolk Forum, People's Health Movement, Dejusticia, Habitat International Coalition and World Oganization Against Torture, released its ...

IWRAW-AP publishes videos emphasizing importance of including women’s rights in natural resource governance

IWRAW-AP, an ESCR-Net member, recently published two videos on the topic of ...

Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2015: Peoples’ nutrition is not a business

The Right to Food and Nutrition Watch Consortium, which includes several ESCR-Net Members, has published its ...

ESCR-Net calls on the government of Kenya to cease further forced evictions of the Ogiek communities

The International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) sent a letter today to the President of Kenya, Uhuru...

Pakistan: release Saeed Baloch, human rights defender

On 21 January, ESCR-Net sent a letter to the government of Pakistan to express concern about the recent arrest of Saeed Baloch, human rights defender,...

Denounce the Arrest of Ethiopian Food & Land Activists

To: The Ethiopian government (Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn) and its backers: the United States government (President Barack Obama), UK government (Prime Minister David Cameron), German government (Chancellor Angela Merkel), Swiss government (President Simonetta Sommaruga), Canadian...