Established in 1993, the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) is one of the first organizations to challenge economic injustice as a violation of international human rights law. Through its projects abroad and in the U.S., CESR has developed an effective strategy that combines research, advocacy, collaboration, and education. The basic aim of our work is to use human rights to hold decision makers – be they governments or corporations – accountable for their actions. CESR is a 501©(3) organization.
The U.S. Program challenges domestic impoverishment and exploitation as human rights violations. Despite being the wealthiest nation in the world, the U.S. is the only industrialized country to reject economic and social rights and suffers the greatest disparity between rich and poor of any industrialized nation. Furthermore, the assault on the rights of working people in the U.S. is evident in the prevalence of a domestic sweatshop system that particularly affects women and immigrant workers. Currently CESR is documenting sweatshop conditions in New York City as part of its Workers Rights Project to expose and challenge violations of workers human rights.
Cover quotation from an East Point Factory worker.
Cover photo from the DKNY flagship store at 655 Madison Avenue, New York, New York.
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