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NGOs welcome historic step forward for the protection of all human rights

2009 Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on implementation of economic, social and cultural rights

Of interest, the 2009 Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on implementation of economic, social and cultural rights (E/2009/90). The report presents the concepts of implementing and monitoring human rights with specific reference to economic, social and cultural...

Newsletter du Réseau-DESC - juillet 2009

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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders Annual Report 2009: Women Human Rights Defenders

July, 2009 - This OMCT report documents the environment in 2008 within which women human rights defenders worked and the challenges faced.

June 10, 2009: Ravi Rebbapragada from ESCR-Net Member Organization Samata (India) Receives National Leadership Award for Social Service

The IIM Lucknow National Leadership Award - 2008 for Community Service and Social Upliftment was presented to Ravi Rebbapragada of the NGO Samata, under the Young Leaders category. The award was given away by the honourable Vice President of India, Shri Hamid Ansari at Vignan Bhavan, New Delhi on 10^th June 2009.

June 23, 2009: Budget Decisions and Economic and Social Rights

The Human Rights Centre in the School of Law at Queen's University Belfast is currently undertaking a major research project on Budget Analysis and the Advancement of Economic and Social Rights in Northern Ireland, culiminating in a large scale international conference concerning budget decisions and their effect on economic and social rights.

June 17, 2009 - 10 Days of Action: Countdown to Commitments

It is more important than ever to make the connections between climate change, development,poverty, global governance, and the financial and economic crisis. The Global Campaign for Climate Action, an alliance of civil society organizations is tracking the time up until the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). From this comes 10 Days of Action: Countdown to Commitments, a collaborative effort by organizations and networks advocating for a more just, equitable and sustainable global economy.

June 16, 2009: MOSOP Welcomes Shell's Settlement of Claims of Ogoni Families

June, 2009 - ESCR-NET member MOSOP released a statement to the press welcoming the news of the agreement by Royal Dutch Shell to compensate families of some of the victims of the company's atrocities in Ogoni.

May 14 and 15, 2009: Latin American Statement of NGOs and Organizations and Organizations Representing Affected Communities by Enterprises - 2009

Statement of Non Governmental Organizations and Organizations Representing Affected Communities by Enterprises

The Regional Consultation of the...

Victory: Settlement Reached in Human Rights Cases Against Royal Dutch/Shell

On June 8th, 2009, the parties in Wiwa v. Shell agreed to settle human rights claims charging the Royal Dutch/Shell company, its Nigerian subsidiary, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC or Shell Nigeria), and the former head of its Nigerian operation, Brian Anderson, with complicity in the torture, killing, and other abuses of Ogoni leader Ken Saro-Wiwa as well as other non-violent Nigerian activists in the Ogoni region of the Niger Delta in the mid-1990s.

June 4, 2009: Prominent Uruguayan Lawyer Criticizes Public Safety Plan

Luis Pedernera, Coordinator of IELSUR, an ESCR-Net Member Organization, criticizes Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez's failure to put human rights at the forefront of the country's public safety policy.

May 19, 2009: Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 42nd session

ESCR-Net members have submitted alternative reports for the following States : Brazil, Cyprus, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland, Australia and Cambodia, to the UN Committee on ESCR.