Today the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Programme on Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights were joined by 18 other civil society organizations in calling on Geneva and New York Missions to support gender balance and expertise in women’s economic, social and cultural rights on the Committee on Economic, Social […]
Via ESCR-Net On September 17, 2015, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) published its first recommendations in response to an individual complaint, regarding a violation of the right to housing, under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR), taking into account an ESCR-Net intervention. With […]
The specific and increasingly heightened risks facing defenders of economic, social and cultural rights in Honduras should be a priority issue during the country’s forthcoming examination by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, ISHR has said in a joint NGO report. While all human rights defenders in Honduras are exposed to a […]
In a joint report sent to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the GI-ESCR and ISHR shed light on the judicial pressure and other means used by the Angolan Government to silence defenders. The report published by ISHR and the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR) on the situation […]
The 1st August 2015 edition of British weekly newspaper The Economist published two articles on the growth of private education in developing countries: “Learning Unleashed” and “The $1-a-week school”. The articles purport the alleged benefits of the low-fee private school model. Both pieces came strongly in favour of private education, calling on governments to […]
Land Rights: An Essential Global Indicator for the Post-2015 SDGs September 2nd, 2015 Secure land rights for all are a critical component of a transformational agenda of the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets. Leveraging decades of extensive expertise, a broad coalition of global and national organizations, civil society, and experts, including the United […]
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