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WFF and WFFP statement on the SDGs and the UN’s Ocean Conference

National Fisheries Solidarity Organization (NAFSO), as a member of the World Forum of Fishers and World Forum of Fishers People, representing over 20...

Challenging the Business of Fear: Ending Retaliation, Enforcing Workers' Rights

Based on jointly designed surveys and in-depth interviews, this report, Challenging the Business of Fear: Ending Workplace Retaliation, Enforcing Workers’ Rights, ...

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ANND reports on the growth and impact of informal labor

The Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) released the third issue of its Arab Watch on Economic and Social Rights....

Arab Watch on Economic and Social Rights 2016 - Informal Labor

In this report of the Arab Watch on Economic and Social Rights, ANND focuses on informal labor. It approaches informal labor from a human rights and social justice perspective,...

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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...

Reporting on protests linked to economic and social issues in Tunisia

ESCR-Net member Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (FTDES) published its monthly reports on social...

ESCR-Net Members mobilize for International Women’s Day

On the occasion of International Women's Day (March 8), ESCR-Net members and allies, including members of the Women and ESCR Working Group, took action to promote and defend women's rights, including engaging in the International Women’s Strike to challenge intersecting forms of exploitation and...

Advancing the rights of women workers at CSW61

ESCR-Net’s Women and ESCR Working Group (WESCR WG) held two parallel sessions and a strategy meeting on advancing women’s rights related to work during CSW 61 (United Nations Commission on the...

Undocumented Workers v. United States of America, IACHR, Report No. 50/16, Case 12.834, Merits (Publication)

Undocumented workers should be granted equal rights, states the Inter-American Commission

Leopoldo Zumaya and Francisco Berumen Lizalde were both injured on the job while working without work authorization in the United States. Each sustained long-term physical damage and were denied access to compensation solely because of their immigration status. Mr. Zumaya filed a workers’ compensation claim but had to settle for a fraction of what he would have received if he had been a U.S. legal permanent resident or citizen. Mr. Lizalde was arrested and deported to Mexico – seemingly in direct response to his workers’ compensation claim – and therefore was unable to pursue it.

Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum celebrates International Rivers Day

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