United States Under Scrutiny
Despite being the world’s wealthiest economy, the United States has one the poorest records of economic and social rights achievement of all high-income countries, a new CESR analysis shows.
Rights in Crisis
Poverty is not natural or inevitable, but an injustice fueled by human rights violations. The current global economic crisis has shown how politics and flawed policies exacerbate poverty, inequality and deprivation.
Education
Millions of children never go to school or drop out early, leaving them illiterate and innumerate, condemned to a life of poverty and insecurity. Ensuring their right to education helps give these children a chance.
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U.S. Faces Rare International Scrutiny on Economic and Social Rights
Despite being the world’s wealthiest economy, the United States has one the poorest records of economic and social rights achievement of all high-income countries, a new CESR analysis shows.
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Bringing Human Rights to Bear in Times of Crisis
A human rights analysis of government responses to the economic crisis
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Guatemala: Joint Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee
CESR, in cooperation with the Multidisciplinary Group on Sexual and Reproductive Rights of Guatemala and Planned Parenthood Federation of America, submitted a report to the Human Rights Committee ...
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UN Resolution Recognizes Water as a Right
UN General Assembly passes a resolution declaring access to clean water and sanitation as a fundamental right.
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Health Inequality: A Challenge for Rich and Poor Countries Alike
Study finds gap in life expectancy between richest and poorest quintiles in the United Kingdom is wider now than during the Great Depression.
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