Human rights protect our most basic needs, and human rights principles, especially non-discrimination, insist that we are not treated differently in accessing those needs. Since those needs have a natural basis, no-one can take more over a sustainable share of natural resources without threatening others’ rights; and since these resources are linked through ecological processes […]
UN CEDAW Committee Issues Landmark Decision on Women’s Inheritance Rights in Tanzania At its sixtieth session, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women [‘CEDAW Committee’] decided a landmark case upholding women’s equal inheritance rights in Tanzania. The case involved two widows who were prevented from inheriting their late husbands’ property and […]
Version française ici: http://globalinitiative-escr.org/lonu-sinquiete-de-la-privatisation-de-lenseignement-au-maroc/ (Rabat, 14 April 2015) The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (CESCR)* recently published a document outlining a list of issues (questions) addressed to the government of Morocco, to which the government must respond in writing in the coming months. The issues listed […]
English version here: http://globalinitiative-escr.org/?p=1973 (Rabat, 14 avril 2015) Le Comité des Droits Economiques Sociaux et Culturels de l’Organisation des Nations Unies (CDESC) a récemment publié un document faisant état d’une liste de points (questions) pour le Maroc, auxquels le gouvernement doit répondre par écrit dans les prochains mois. Les questions […]
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the 28th session of the Human Rights Council 2 – 27 March 2015 The 28th session of the Human Rights Council saw States considering a broad range of economic, social and cultural rights and associated issues. Traditionally the March session of the Human Rights Council is considered the busiest […]
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