ESCR Resources
While the role of the EU and its Member States in the global land grab has received comparatively less attention than the role of investment players like China and the Gulf States, the paper “Land Grabbing and Human Rights: The Role of the EU Abroad” shows that EU-based actors play a significant...
Published: May 24 2017 - 1:43pm
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
Avoiding Forced Displacement: A Community Guide to Negotiation and Advocacy is a four-day training curriculum that helps communities to think strategically about how to negotiate with private companies and government authorities seeking to take their land. The guide can also be used to help...
Published: May 22 2017 - 11:43am
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
Le Guide de la communauté à la Société financière internationale est écrit pour les communautés qui font face aux impacts négatifs des projets soutenus par la SFI. Le guide explique ce que les normes environnementales et normes de performance sociale de la SFI sont et ce que les communautés...
Published: May 22 2017 - 11:17am
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
The Community Guide to the International Finance Corporation is a resource for people adversely affected by IFC-funded projects. The guide is designed to help communities understand their rights and entitlements vis-a-vis IFC projects and to decide whether they want to file a complaint to the...
Published: May 22 2017 - 10:53am
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
من هنا، عملت شبكة المنظمات العربية غير الحكومية للتنمية على انجاز تقرير حول العمل غير المهيكل في إطارّ »راصد الحقوق االقتصادية واالجتماعي ّ ة في البلدان العربية«. وهي تقارب العمل غير المهيكل من وجهة نظر حقوق اإلنسان والعدالةً االجتماعية. ويتناول التقرير ثالثة أبعاد مختلفة: أوال، رصد أوضاع هذهّ...
Published: May 17 2017 - 12:21pm
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
In this report of the Arab Watch on Economic and Social Rights, ANND focuses on informal labor. It approaches informal labor from a human rights and social justice perspective, recognizing that those working within the informal sector are unprotected by laws and unable to benefit from social...
Published: May 17 2017 - 12:10pm
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
This paper aims to ensure that health providers understand international policy and the human rights basis for upholding women and children’s human rights when it comes to female genital mutilation (FGM). Despite decades of concerted efforts to eradicate or abandon the practice, present efforts...
Published: May 16 2017 - 11:43am
El Informe sobre violaciones a los derechos humanos al agua potable y saneamiento en México es el resultado del esfuerzo que organizaciones de la sociedad civil, comunidades y colectivos han venido realizado desde hace más de diez años, con la intención de documentar las distintas formas en que el...
Published: May 12 2017 - 3:13pm
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
El derecho a la vivienda y el impacto de los desahucios de viviendas en alquiler sobre las mujeres en España. Diez años después del inicio de la recesión económica, la crisis de vivienda en España no ha terminado. Las autoridades, en lugar de tomar medidas para proteger a miles de personas...
Published: May 5 2017 - 5:46pm
Developed by an ESCR-Net Member
Los diez hallazgos principales del informe, que evalúa les experiencias de comunidades indígenas en Paraguay, Malaysia y Kenya, en el uso del litigio estratégico para proteger sus tierras tradicionales.
Published: May 2 2017 - 9:56am