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May 10, 2011 NESRI: victory for universal health care in U.S.

Last week, Vermont passed the first-ever universal health care bill in the U.S., creating a path toward a publicly financed system that will provide health care as a public good for all.

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March 31, 2011: Letter from Human Rights NGOs to Officials on Security and Health Situation in Egyptian Prisons

 Read a new letter from ESCR-Net member on the security and health situation in Egyptian prisons.

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Feb. 23, 2011: Rapport "Exploitation minière en Equateur et violations des droits humains"

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Feb. 23, 2011: HRIA Report on Large-Scale Mining in Ecuador

The HRIA Report "Large-scale mining in Ecuador and human rights abuses."

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Feb. 03, 2011: Egyptian Uprising Fueled by Striking Workers Across Nation

An interview with Khaled Ali, a labor lawyer with the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights.

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Jan. 26, 2011: Workshop on a Human Rights Approach to Economic Policy in Agriculture: Engendering the Kuala Lumpur Guidelines in Response to a Fierce New World

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Dec. 28, 2010: Online Dialogue- Corporate Accountability Beyond Borders: Exploring home states' efforts to protect against business-related human rights abuses

Join New Tactics and Niko Lusiani of ESCR-Net for an online dialogue on Corporate Accountability Beyond Borders: Exploring home states' efforts to protect against business-related human rights abuses from February 23 to March 1, 2011.

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Feb. 05, 2011: Update - Members of the Egyptian Center for Housing Rights Have Been Released

The three members of the Egyptian Center for Housing Rights (ESCR-Net members) have been released from detainment in Egyptian prisons.

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Feb. 04, 2011: Joint Statements on Ruggie Draft Released

Draft Guidelines on Business and Human Rights

In June 2011 the Human Rights Council in Geneva will consider a proposal of the UN Secretary General's special representative on business and human rights, John Ruggie, on "Guiding Principles for the Implementation of the United Nation's...

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Feb. 5-18, 2011: The Human Right to Food: International Fact-Finding Mission to Bolivia, February 5-14, 2011

An international fact-finding mission organized by Rights & Democracy in collaboration with La Coordinadora de integración de organizaciones económicas, campesinas, indígenas y originarias de Bolivia (CIOEC) arrives in Bolivia.

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Jan. 20, 2011: Intensive Course on Justiciability of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Theory and Practice

The Institute for Human Rights, Abo Akademi University; Chair in Human Rights Law, Stellenbosch University Law Faculty, South Africa; and the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo are jointly organizing a Course on Justiciability of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: Theory and Practice.

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Jan. 20, 2011: SERAC Wins the 2010 MacArthur Foundation Award for Creative and Effective Institutions

The Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC) has received the 2010 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions (MACEI) in recognition of the organization's consistent work in the advancement and protection of economic, social and cultural rights in Nigeria.

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