ARCHIVE January, 2014
Privatization of education in Morocco breaches human rights: new report (Geneva) – ‘Increased privatization of schools in Morocco is benefiting the elite and maintaining a mediocre public education system for the rest of the population. Increasing privatization in education in Morocco without strong government regulation is discriminatory, likely to exacerbate inequality, and if not […]
January 31, 2014 in Uncategorized by admin
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The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is glad to announce the first in a series of updates that we are planning on publishing throughout 2014 and beyond, highlighting in particular important advancements in the areas of housing, land and access to productive resources. This publication, on Advocacy Update on Rights to Housing, […]
January 25, 2014 in Uncategorized by admin
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The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights welcomes the inclusion of reparations language in the 2014 Appropriation Act recently signed into law in the United States. This inclusion places additional pressure on the Government of Guatemala to abide by the reparations agreement with the survivors of the Río Negro community and draws necessary […]
January 20, 2014 in Uncategorized by admin
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The World Bank’s Office of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) has found that World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) failed to abide by its own ethical standards, including failing to ensure that human rights obligations are met, by continuing to finance Corporación Dinant, and Honduran corporation involved in palm oil plantations. The CAO’s investigation was […]
January 13, 2014 in Uncategorized by admin
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