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CESR Launches New Website

Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:25:19 -0400

New York, August 18 2004 -- The Center for Economic and Social Rights announces the launch of its redesigned website.

New CESR Report Documents Extensive U.S. War Crimes in Iraq

Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:58:17 -0400

Purported "Transfer of Sovereignty" Condemned as Farce, Despite UN Resolution

New UN report condemns Israeli violations of the right to food

Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:09:49 -0500

Palestinians face “physical, social and psychological destruction”

New York. At a press briefing on November 12, Jean Ziegler, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, will discuss the findings of a new report condemning Israel for creating a hidden humanitarian crisis through denying the right to food and water to 3.8 million Palestinians in the Occupied Territories.

New Report: Water Under Siege in Iraq

Fri, 04 Apr 2003 21:18:19 -0500

Human Rights Group Warns US/UK Military Forces Risk Committing War Crimes by Depriving Civilians of Safe Water

On World Water Day (March 22), violations of Palestinians’ human right to water escalating

Sat, 22 Mar 2003 17:18:55 -0500

New York - The Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) warns on World Water Day that violations of the human right to water are intensifying in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli policies and actions are threatening the safety of, and accessibility to, basic supplies of water.

New Report: War in Iraq is "Unequivocally Illegal"

Mon, 17 Mar 2003 21:25:36 -0500

Human Rights Group Warns of Return to the Rule of the Jungle in International Affairs

New Human Rights Report to Be Presented at Loya Jirga

Mon, 10 Jun 2002 12:53:26 -0400

Afghans and Aid Workers Criticize International Policy and Call for Meaningful Focus on Human Rights

CESR Demands the United States Turn Rhetoric into Reality and Protect the Right to Water

Fri, 19 Apr 2002 11:19:36 -0400

New York – In honor of Earth Day, the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR), an international human right organization, is calling for increased US role, domestically and internationally, in protecting the right to water. Water is the most basic and essential substance for human existence. The human right to water is guaranteed through numerous international conventions and treaties. CESR believes that Earth Day provides an ideal opportunity to address how this life-sustaining and limited resource may be better protected.

Thousands of Afghan Civilians Starving; U.S. and Allies Ignore Humanitarian Crisis

Mon, 10 Dec 2001 11:10:31 -0500

On Human Rights Day, US Groups Condemn “Widespread Violations of the Right to Food”

The Riverside Church to Host Groundbreaking Community Meeting to Discuss September 11 Aftershocks

Tue, 23 Oct 2001 13:14:49 -0400

New York, NY – The public meeting at 6:30 pm tonight is titled "The Aftershocks of 9/11: Reflecting on the Crisis and Moving Forward." The Riverside Church in Harlem has a rich tradition of providing a forum for important civic and spiritual leaders. Past speakers include President Clinton, Maya Angelou, the Dalai Lama, and most recently Fidel Castro.

U.S. Military Operations Push Millions of Afghan Civilians to Brink of Starvation

Tue, 16 Oct 2001 16:05:11 -0400

On World Food Day Human Rights Group Releases Fact Sheet on Food Crisis in Afghanistan

On World Food Day (October 16), CESR claims more Americans may go hungry as a result of September 11th attacks and U.S. response

Sat, 13 Oct 2001 14:53:11 -0400

New York - On World Food Day, an internationally recognized day of awareness about hunger, the Center for Economic and Social Rights, a human rights organization based in New York City, warns that that the September 11 attacks and the subsequent US response will risk exacerbating hunger within the United States.

U.N. Committee Expresses "Grave Concern" over Reports of Israel’s Gross Violations of ESC Rights in the Occupied Territories

Sat, 02 Dec 2000 10:18:05 -0500

After reviewing reports by independent groups including the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR), Habitat International, BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights, LAW and the Association of 40, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights declared that it was "deeply concerned by accounts that Israel’s recent actions in the occupied territories had resulted in the widespread and gross violations of Palestinians’ economic, social and cultural rights."

Israelis, Palestinians and Americans Confront Israel’s Minister of Foreign Affairs in to Demand a Just Peace in the Middle Eas

Fri, 15 Sep 2000 11:36:26 -0400

On Monday September 18, from 12:30-1:30pm, protesters will gather outside the Council on Foreign Relations where Shlomo Ben-Ami, Israel’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, will be speaking. Ben-Ami’s talk, entitled “Israel’s Continuing Efforts to Achieve a Final Status Agreement with the Palestinians,” angered local activists who see the Israeli government’s policies and practices under the Oslo Peace Agreements as violating basic Palestinian human rights and therefore precluding any possibility of a just peace in the region.

Prominent Experts Condemn US-Sponsored Oslo Process Between Israel and Palestinians for Violating Human Rights

Mon, 10 Apr 2000 11:48:18 -0400

On Friday, April 14th, an unprecedented conference critiquing United States policy on the Middle East will take place on Capitol Hill. Entitled “Great Expectations, Bitter Realities: Human Rights Abuse and Economic Decline under the Oslo Process,” the event will mark the first public presentation of a comprehensive three-year research program in the West Bank and Gaza Strip undertaken by the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR), a New York-based human rights organization.