ARCHIVE March, 2013
PRESS RELEASE Palestinian Village Files Complaint to United Nations against Canada “Enforce the law on corporations constructing settlements on our land” (Bil’in, Palestine) Today, as the United Nations Human Rights Council is set to vote on a resolution calling for UN member states to ensure that their corporations do not conduct activities related to the […]
March 18, 2013 in Uncategorized by admin
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On 6 March 2013, the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR) and Rights Action presented a brief to the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) of the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) in reference to an ongoing audit the CAO is conducting of a $30 million loan to the Dinant Corporation, a Honduran […]
March 11, 2013 in Uncategorized by admin
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The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, presented her new thematic report to the UN Human Rights Council on 4 March 2012. The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights prepared a Research Paper on Security of Tenure: Legal and Judicial Aspects for the Special Rapporteur and participated in […]
March 3, 2013 in Uncategorized by admin
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