Center for Economic and Social Rights - Reports

The Right to Health in the United States of America: What Does it Mean?

Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:53:17 -0400

In October 2004, CESR published The Right to Health in the United States of America: What Does it Mean?, a report on how the U.S. health care system falls short of international standards for the right to health.

Beyond Torture: U.S. Violations of Occupation Law in Iraq

Thu, 10 Jun 2004 09:36:29 -0400

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Report of the International Fact-Finding Mission on Water Sector Reform in Ghana

Fri, 01 Aug 2003 14:29:39 -0400

Report on Civil Society and School Accountability

Sat, 07 Jun 2003 15:11:52 -0400

A Human Rights Approach to Parent and Community Participation in New York City Schools

Thirsting for Justice

Thu, 01 May 2003 15:46:55 -0400

Israeli Violations of the Human Right to Water in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Water Under Siege in Iraq

Fri, 04 Apr 2003 23:02:56 -0500

US/UK Military Forces Risk Committing War Crimes by Depriving Civilians of Safe Water

Tearing up the Rules: The Illegality of Invading Iraq

Tue, 18 Mar 2003 13:10:40 -0500

War against Iraq is unequivocally illegal under the UN Charter and international law generally. Tearing up the Rules: The Illegality of Invading Iraq rejects efforts by the U.S., U.K, and Australia to circumvent the U.N. Security Council and claim legal justification from past resolutions.

MMSD Human Rights Critque on Mining Practices

Sat, 15 Mar 2003 14:56:33 -0500

The Human Costs of War in Iraq

Mon, 10 Mar 2003 11:18:55 -0500

Human Rights Violations in the Fields of Florida: Corporate Accountability and Workers Rights

Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:27:08 -0500

This brief report describes the human rights violations against immokalee farmworkers.

Report: Human Rights and Reconstruction in Afghanistan

Wed, 01 May 2002 11:23:16 -0400

This report presents the findings of a human rights assessment mission to Afghanistan, undertaken in January 2002 by the Center for Economic and Social Rights. To provide a snapshot of local human rights priorities, the CESR mission interviewed a cross-section of Afghans and international aid workers.

Montreal Principles

Sat, 01 Dec 2001 15:12:58 -0500

The Montreal Principles were based on earlier drafts of a principles statements prepared by the Cape Town WEEP meeting. The Montreal Principles are also available in the Summer 2004 Human Rights Quarterly.

The Right to Food: The Case of Afghanistan

Thu, 15 Nov 2001 22:47:23 -0500

Human Right to Food

The human right to food¹ is recognized and protected in a wide range of both declaratory and legally binding international instruments, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,² the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,³ the Convention on the Rights of the Child⁴ and the Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition.⁵ As a result, all States are obliged to progressively implement the right to food and provide guarantees against hunger and starvation, even in times of emergency,⁶ by ensuring the accessibility and “availability of food in quantity and quality sufficient to satisfy the dietary needs of individuals, free from adverse substances and acceptable within a given culture.”⁷

Human Rights Approach to the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic - Meeting Proceedings

Thu, 28 Jun 2001 11:20:27 -0400

The Price of Gold: Gold Mining & Human Rights in Honduras

Mon, 16 Apr 2001 12:27:50 -0400