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Guatemala: In light of the presidential inauguration of Bernardo Arévalo, we urge to guarantee the transition of power and stop the criminalization of human rights defenders

With this letter, addressed to the President of Guatemala and the presidents of the Constitutional Court and the Congress of the Republic, we demand to guarantee the transition of power in the country and to end the instrumentalization of the judicial power to undermine democracy. ...

8 March 2023 - Reaffirming the urgency of placing care on the political agendas

We marked International Women´s Day and Women´s History Month with a global call for an all-agreed fair Social Pact on Care. We started advocating for this 3 years ago when Covid-19 exacerbated the global care crisis. Since then our members have continued to multiply our actions to highlight the need to put care at the center of the political agendas globally.

8 مارس/آذار 2023 – إعادة التأكيد على أهمية وضع "الرعاية" على الأجندات السياسية

Media Advisory: Grassroots, Global South, Feminist and Indigenous Leaders Demand Human Rights be Centered in Addressing Loss and Damage

There is no denying that the historical and present responsibility for the climate crisis lies primarily with wealthy, highly industrialized countries and powerful corporate actors. Despite contributing the least to the climate crisis, frontline communities in the Global South are paying the price with the destruction of their territories and the erasure of their cultural heritage.

UN Biodiversity: What Outcomes for the Human Right to Land?

Between 13-29 March 2022, intersessional meetings were held in Geneva ahead of COP15, an upcoming major United Nations biodiversity summit. Ahead of these preparatory talks amongst States, ESCR-Net members sent a collective letter calling on all Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to adopt a human-rights based approach overall, and in particular to recognize, respect, protect and promote the overarching right to self-determination, including free, prior and informed consent, the right to land and tenure rights in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (GBF), which is currently being negotiated and likely to be adopted at COP15. It further called on governments to adopt a ‘land tenure indicator’ as well as emphasized the importance of strengthening protections for human rights defenders.

Collective letter: Centering the Right to Land and Tenure Rights in the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

Ahead of upcoming intersessional meetings in Geneva in March 2022, ESCR-Net members have adopted a...

ESCR-Net Members Address UN Committee on it's Opening of its Current 2020 Session

"For too long, brutal and illegal evictions have been terrorizing communities, even during a pandemic that requires us to stay at home for public health reasons. We therefore demand an end to all evictions in our cities. We demand an end to all land dispossession, utilities cut offs
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Indigenous Peoples' Rights

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Guatemala: In light of the presidential inauguration of Bernardo Arévalo, we urge to guarantee the transition of power and stop the criminalization of human rights defenders

8 March 2023 - Reaffirming the urgency of placing care on the political agendas

Media Advisory: Grassroots, Global South, Feminist and Indigenous Leaders Demand Human Rights be Centered in Addressing Loss and Damage

UN Biodiversity: What Outcomes for the Human Right to Land?

Collective letter: Centering the Right to Land and Tenure Rights in the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

ESCR-Net Members Address UN Committee on it's Opening of its Current 2020 Session

Inter-American Court Recognizes Rights to Food, Water, Healthy Environment, and Cultural Identity in Lhaka Honhat Case

Members demand justice for disappeared indigenous activist

Amicus presented in indigenous rights case before Inter-American Court

Webinar: What is Corporate Capture?