Special Features
May 2012: Announcing Chris Grove as New Director of ESCR-Net
It is with great excitement that we announce the appointment of Chris Grove as the new Director of ESCR-Net.
Africa Regional Social Rights Litigation Workshop
ESCR-Net together with SERI, the NGO Coalition for the OP-ICESCR and the Norwegian Centre on Human Rights convened a three-day workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa.
April 7, 2012: New Factsheet, 'Financial Transaction Tax - A Human Rights Imperative'
ESCR Net, in conjunction with the members of the ‘Righting Finance' Coalition, have released a new factsheet on Financial Transaction Tax and Human Rights.
Member News
May 10, 2012: New Factsheet, 'The Group of 20, Financial Regulation and Human Rights'
ESCR-Net in conjunction with several members of an initiative for ‘a bottom up approach to righting financial regulation' have today released a new factsheet on the human rights obligations of the G20.
Call for April 17: International Day of Peasant Struggle
April 17 is the International Day of Peasant Struggle, commemorating the massacre of 19 peasants struggling for land and justice in Brazil in 1996. Every year on that day actions take place around the world in defence of peasants and small-scale farmers struggling for their rights.
Handbook on the Land Bill, the Land Registration Bill and the National Land Commission Bill 2012
The new land laws in Kenya mark an important point in the country's struggle for land reforms. With support from the Kenya Civil Society Strengthening Program, the Economic and Social Rights Centre (Hakijamii) disseminated information about the three land bills which will have great impact on land governance and administration.