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Testing the Water: Using Opera to Assess How the Right to Water in India Is Protected in a Changing Climate

July 8, 2021

How can activists expose the effects of government policies on people's rights? In this guest blog, Harvard law student Laura Bach details her experience using our OPERA Framework to explore how the right to water is guaranteed in India.

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Organizations in Latin America Call on the Colombian Government to Put an End to Violence Against Protestors

May 5, 2021

CESR supports the call of organizations from throughout the region demanding that Colombian authorities guarantee citizens’ rights to mobilize peacefully and take part in fiscal debates.

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In Critical Times, a Roadmap for Action

The Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) works to promote social justice through human rights. In a world where poverty and inequality deprive entire communities of dignity, justice and sometimes life, we seek to uphold the universal human rights of every human being. Read more.

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