Publications
Over three decades, CESR has published more than 150 pieces that have shaped debates on human rights and economic policies. Browse our database of factsheets, reports, case studies, and more.
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Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2018
Spotlight Report 2018 asserts that fundamental policy changes are necessary for the SDGs to meet their potential.
What are the obstacles to sustainable development? HLPF postcards illustrate national level lessons
Country postcards produced for the High-Level Political Forum draw attention to systemic obstacles impeding the SDGs.
Executive summary of report to IACHR on fiscal policies and ESCR in Latin America
Executive summary for the thematic hearing on fiscal policy in Latin America for IACHR sessions.
Mapping evidence in national litigation on economic and social rights
Courts rely on specialized evidence like technical data in pursuing an economic and social rights claim.
Spanish austerity violates health, housing, sexual and reproductive health and rights
Factsheet demonstrates how Spanish austerity disproportionately affects vulnerable populations.
Colombia: Fiscal Policy, Peace and Human Rights
Colombia is in the process of entering the OECD, but lags on indicators in social and fiscal areas.
OPERA in Practice: Silenced Minds - The Systemic Neglect of Mental Health in Kenya
CESR and partners used OPERA to monitor the government's fulfillment of the right to mental health.
OPERA in Practice: Defending Reproductive Rights of Angolan Women
CESR and partners' submission to CEDAW about women's reproductive rights in Angola.
OPERA in Practice: Human Rights in Ireland's Economic Meltdown
CESR analyzed Ireland’s economic crisis and subsequent austerity policies.
OPERA in Practice: Visibilizing Rights in Post-Revolutionary Egypt
CESR compiled a factsheet as a snapshot illustrating rights realization in Egypt in 2013.
Assessing Austerity: Monitoring human rights in fiscal crises
Slide presentation to UN Human Rights Council on "Assessing Austerity: Monitoring Human Rights in Fiscal Crises"
Executive summary of joint submission to UN CESCR for Spain review, March 2018
Report denounces cuts depriving health, housing, work, sexual and reproductive health rights.
Full submission to UN CESCR for Spain review, March 2018
El informe denuncia los recortes que privan a la salud, la vivienda, el trabajo y los derechos de salud sexual y reproductiva.
Assessing Austerity: Monitoring the Human Rights Impacts of Fiscal Consolidation
Practical guidance for policymakers seeking to address the foreseeable human rights consequences of austerity.
Agenda 2030: overview of opportunities to strengthen international and regional human rights frameworks
Remarks by CESR Executive Director Ignacio Saiz at the "Human Rights and Agenda 2030" event in Wilton Park, UK.
Rough Guide to World Development Report: Governance and the Law
Recommendations on how activists can use the WDR to advance economic and social rights.
Briefing for IACHR’s Report on Poverty and Human Rights in the Americas
IACHR briefing on relevance of fiscal policies for reducing poverty and human rights violations in the Americas.
Brazil's Human Rights Advances Imperiled by Austerity Measures
Human rights advances in Brazil are at risk from the government's severe austerity measures.
Fiscal Impoverishment in the United States: Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Poverty and Human Rights
CESR’s formal submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Philip Alston, ahead of his official visit to the United States. The submission warns that the proposed tax plans will only deepen poverty and inequality within the U.S., while also enabling transnational tax abuse and therefore undermining the ability of countries around the world to invest in human rights.
An Overview of the Agenda 2030 and its SDGs: What is the status of implementation?
CESR Remarks to the NANHRI 11th Biennial Conference, November 2017
OPERA in Practice: Implementation of Strategic Litigation in South Africa
CESR's OPERA framework tracks South African court's mandate on education rights.
The IMF, Gender Equality and Expenditure Policy
New briefing on the IMF's fluctuating positions on austerity as it impacts women.
Resourcing Rights: Combating Tax Injustice from a Human Rights Perspective
From Human Rights and Public Finance: Budgets and the Promotion of Economic and Social Rights, edited by Aoife Nolan, Rory O'Connell and Colin Harvey
Seeking accountability for women’s rights through the SDGs
Briefing examines using the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to improve accountability for women's rights.
Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2017
New global civil society report spotlights big business role in fuelling inequalities as UN High Level Political Forum opens.
Andean region: towards a new fiscal reform agenda for equality and rights
New report: Fiscal Policy for Equality and Rights: Mapping debates, initiatives and actors in the Andean Region
Egypt’s IMF deal: a huge price tag for human rights
The impacts of structural adjustment reforms associated with the loan raise strong human rights concerns, particularly for the status of economic and social rights.
Switzerland Factsheet
Joint submission and factsheet to the UN Committee on the Elimination of of Discrimination Against Women show how Swiss role as tax haven undermines women's rights in developing countries.
From Disparity to Dignity: Inequality and the SDGs
CESR is proud to present a new briefing examining the human rights issues at stake in SDG10 and offering a set of human rights-based policy proposals to ensure the promise of this goal is fulfilled.