Join us for a look at the gendered dimensions of climate change impacts and the importance of a gender perspective in climate actions It is now clear that the impacts of climate change are not gender neutral. The effects of climate change are, and will be, felt most acutely by those segments of the population that […]
We are very pleased to let you know that the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has released its Views in relation to MCTC v Ecuador, a case dealing with the right to social security in the context of unpaid work and gender discrimination. The Committee found a violation of Article 9 (right to […]
(Nairobi/Washington, DC, 7 juin 2018) Les organisations de défense des droits de l’Homme se félicitent de la décision du Bureau du conseiller-médiateur pour l’application des directives (CAO) de la Banque Mondiale d’accepter une plainte concernant l’investissement de la Société Financière Internationale (SFI) dans Bridge International Academies (Bridge) au Kenya. L’entreprise gère plus de 400 écoles […]
(Nairobi/Washington, DC, 7 June 2018) Human rights organisations welcomed the decision by the World Bank’s Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) to accept a complaint regarding the International Finance Corporation (IFC)’s investment in Bridge International Academies (Bridge) in Kenya. The company operates over 400 so-called low-cost primary schools in Kenya that have been the focus of a […]
‘How does development contribute to the enjoyment of human rights’? This is the question that the UN Human Rights Council has asked its Advisory Committee to prepare a study on. Together with our colleagues at ATD Fourth World, the Centre for Economic and Social Rights and Franciscans International, we have responded to the Advisory Committee’s […]
Extra-territorial obligations (ETOs) are increasingly recognized as essential to ensuring a global framework built on human rights. As a consequence, civil society is demanding that ETOs be applied through human rights monitoring, enforcement, accountability and remedial mechanisms, resulting in a growing body of pronouncements enforcing ETOs in practice. This Working Paper, updated June 2018, outlines […]
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