By Bret Thiele Article originally published in Forjib, Law Journal www.forjib.org With the adoption and entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Optional Protocol) the world realized a substantial victory of human rights. Finally, economic, social and cultural rights benefited from a complaint mechanism at the […]
News from Tony Baker, from Results, about our partners at the Global Campaign for Education, which just finished its General Assembly. This blog was originally posted here. Contrary to the right to education, the Education for All goals, and years of civil society campaigning — including that of RESULTS volunteers — to abolish school fees, the […]
The Human Rights Committee officially registered the case of Garsain et al. v. The Philippines. The case challenges the Government of the Philippines for the brutal forced eviction of the residents of Corazon de Jesus, a community in San Juan City, Metro Manila. On January 11, 2012, one hundred twenty one (121) residents of Corazon […]
The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural rights, the Sciences Po Paris Human Rights Clinic, and the Right to Education Project are organising a public conference in Paris on 18th March on privatisation in education (in French). There will be a lecture from Kishore Singh, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education, on […]
The UN Special Rapporteur one the right to education made today a crucial statement on privatisation in education. He expressed his “deep concerns” that “some governments are actively encouraging the growth of private education in basic education”, following the Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Ministerial Conference on Education Post-2015 held in Kigali, Rwanda, this week, where some […]
International human rights network intervenes in case challenging large-scale disconnection of water supply to tens of thousands of low-income residents in Detroit New York. February 9, 2015. The International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net), a global network of over 220 groups and 50 individual advocates from around the world working to secure […]
7 February 2015 final_submission_to_adp_on_human_rights_protections_7_feb_2015.pdf We, the undersigned organisations, call for language in the 2015 climate agreement stating that the Parties to the UNFCCC shall, in all climate change-related actions, respect, protect, promote, and fulfil human rights for all. Climate change is a global injustice to present and future generations, and one of the greatest human […]
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