ESCR Resources
This policy briefing by the Institute of Development Studies and the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR), Redistributing Unpaid Care Work – Why Tax Matters for Women’s Rights, outlines why it is so important to consider women’s human rights and unpaid care work when designing tax...
Published: Sep 29 2016 - 12:02pm
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
Following the Money: An Advocate’s Guide to Securing Accountability in Agricultural Investments is a practial guide developed by Inclusive Development International (IDI) and International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) for local advocates working to support communities whose land...
Published: Sep 29 2016 - 11:26am
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
PWESCR has published Human Rights for All-International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights- A Handbook mainly for human rights practitioners who want to familiarise themselves with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and use the human rights...
Published: Sep 29 2016 - 10:58am
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
This GI-ESCR Practitioners Guide on the Human Rights-Based Approach to Water in Informal Settlements is aimed at strengthening the capacity of human rights advocates and development practitioners to advance rights globally. A human rights-based approach to water can provide a tool for practitioners...
Published: Sep 29 2016 - 10:24am
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
The feminist and human rights approaches discussed in Women’s Work Counts: Feminist Arguments for Human Rights at Work advocate for a radical rethinking of work that begins with women’s experience of work in their lives. The paper calls upon the need for identification of assumptions and values...
Published: Sep 29 2016 - 9:59am
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
This Médecins du monde (MdM) Legal Report on access to healthcare in 12 countries (Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom) analyzes the consequences of legal and financial barriers on the accessibility of...
Published: Sep 29 2016 - 9:44am
DatNav is a new guide designed to help you navigate and integrate digital data into your human rights work. The guide looks at the use of data for researching a broad range of human rights issues, including economic, social and cultural rights. From online videos of rights violations, to satellite...
Published: Sep 27 2016 - 11:15am
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
Inclusive Development International (IDI) published Making Inroads: Chinese Infrastructure Investment in ASEAN and Beyond, a new report that sheds light on the rapidly changing landscape of infrastructure finance driven by China in the region.Little more than a decade ago, China was a relatively...
Published: Sep 27 2016 - 10:28am
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
"Justice at the grassroots: Using the power of law to expand women’s access to services in Delhi" is a toolkit seeking to equip community members with the skills and knowledge they need to document rights violations and use existing remedies to address them.
The publication is the result of months...
Published: Sep 26 2016 - 1:40pm
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
Over the course of the last years, the international debate surrounding the environmental, social and human rights responsibilities of corporations has gained momentum. Not least, growing public criticism of transnational corporations and banks has contributed to this debate. The list of criticisms...
Published: Sep 22 2016 - 2:02pm