HRC33 Joint NGO Oral Statement Annual discussion on the integration of a gender perspective throughout the work of the Human Rights Council and that of its mechanisms Monday, 26 September, 2016 Last year this panel discussed gender parity in international human rights bodies, including the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms. States resolutely called for […]
Webinar Series on Economic Policy & Human Rights Privatization & Public-Private Partnerships, Sept 28 Infrastructure, Energy & Extractives, Oct 5 This Wednesday, September 28, please join us for the second Webinar on Privatization & Public-Private Partnerships, with opening presentations by Tessa Khan (Climate Litigation Network), Salima Namusobya (Initiative for Social and Economic Rights) and Sylvain Aubry (Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural […]
For Immediate Release August 25, 2016 Contact: Meg Ward, Our Children’s Trust, 503-341-8590, [email protected] Youth Recommend Science-Based Climate Standard to UN Committee on Rights of the Child Youth Participate in “Children’s Rights and the Environment” Day of Discussion Geneva – Today, youth made a formal submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the […]
The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation, and the focus of the current report on gender equality. We support the Special Rapporteur’s recognition that safe, adequate and affordable access to water, sanitation and hygiene, as well […]
Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - Annual Report 2015 Message from the Co-Executive Directors The Global Initiative began in 2010, as an initiative to advance the realization of economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights globally, tackling the endemic problem of poverty and social injustice through a human rights lens. Our vision is […]
32nd session of the UN Human Rights Council 13 June to 1 July 2016 This Update aims to provide a summary of the initiatives regarding economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights at the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council (June 2016). It provides information on the following ESC rights initiatives: Right to education Right […]
32nd session of the UN Human Rights Council 13 June to 1 July 2016 This Update aims to provide a summary of the initiatives regarding economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights at the 32nd session of the Human Rights Council (June 2016). It provides information on the following ESC rights initiatives: Right to education Right […]
Please see the important message below from Olivier De Schutter, member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, on that Committee’s recent Statement dealing with bilateral and multilateral loans and human rights. Of particular note, the Statement reaffirms much of what many of us have been advocating regarding the human rights obligations of […]
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Countries retain extra-territorial human rights obligations for decisions within inter-governmental organizations The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recently released the Concluding Observations on France. Paragraphs 9, 10 and 11 deal with extra-territorial obligations (ETOs) in the context of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements and development […]
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