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Defenders’ Forum reaffirms indivisibility of human rights and of movements fighting for them
CESR’s Executive Director Ignacio Saiz joined more than 60 human rights defenders from across the globe at the annual Human Rights Defenders Forum hosted by the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia from 21-24 July. This year’s Forum, entitled “Restoring Faith in Freedom”, included a focus on economic and social rights and their role in restoring the social contract.
CESR at HLPF 2018: Urging Action and Exploring Alternatives
At the 2018 HLPF on Sustainable Development, CESR dedicated its efforts to recognizing that the SDGs require urgent and concrete action to remedy inequalities, with rights-based fiscal policies a key tool in that endeavor.
Do Metrics Matter? Accountability for Economic and Social Rights in Post- Revolution Egypt
In Economic and Social Rights in a Neoliberal World, Allison Corkery and Heba Khalil identify the ways in which quantification can help build civil society power while challenging neoliberalism in Egypt.
Join our community call sharing OPERA Stories
CESR will be hosting a second community call for our OPERA House project next Monday, July 16th.
Did austerity create a "lost decade" for sustainable development and human rights? Evidence and proposals from the national level
2018 VNRS--are these countries' fiscal austerity policies compatible with the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda? CESR event on Thursday, July 19th at the High-Level Political Forum, 1:15-2:45 p.m., Church Center, 777 UN Plaza, 10th Floor.
NGO Major Group statement, July 9th, 2018, morning session HLPF 2018
Delivered by Kate Donald, of the Center for Economic & Social Rights, speaking on behalf of the NGO Major Group
Sustainable development off-track without fundamental policy changes
Spotlight 2018 reports that the "world is off-track in terms of achieving sustainable development..."
High-Level Political Forum 2018: An opportunity to bring the SDGs back on track?
At the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development at the UN, CESR will advocate for reorienting SDG implementation so it is compatible with human rights and fiscal justice.
Reducing inequalities through urgent action on WASH: SDG6 as an enabler for achieving the 2030 Agenda for all
"Reducing Inequalities through urgent action on WASH," an HLPF side-event co-sponsored by CESR, WaterAid, Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) and the governments of Bolivia, Canada, Mozambique and Nepal, will be held on Tuesday, July 10th, 2018, from 1:15-3:30 p.m., at the Japan Society, 333 E 47th Street, New York.
HLPF Workshop on Monitoring SDGs, claiming rights and meaningful participation: Strategies and tools for civil society
Representatives from CESR, OHCHR, CIVICUS, GCAP and the Arab NGO Network for Development will present and HLPF Workshop on Monitoring SDGs, claiming rights and meaningful participation: Strategies and tools for civil society on Tuesday, July 10th from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza, 2nd Floor, New York.
Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2018 Report Release Event
CESR and fellow authors of the newly published Civil Society Report, "Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2018, Exploring new policy pathways: How to overcome obstacles and contradictions in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda," will hold a roundtable discussion on July 12th, 2018, from 6:15-7:45 p.m. at the Church Center, 10th Floor, 777 UN Plaza, New York.
CESR's Allison Corkery selected as Residential Fellow at the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity
Allison Corkery will be joining the 2018-19 cohort of Residential Fellows of the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Geneva Panel—Social Protection and Austerity: The Role for the IMF and Human Rights
On June 22nd in Geneva, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston and CESR, ATD Fourth World and the Global Initiative for ESCR will present a panel on "Social Protection and Austerity: The Role for the IMF and Human Rights."
Developing Practical Guidance on "Maximum Available Resources"
On June 26, 2018, CESR, Dejusticia, the Permanent Mission of Portugal to the UN and other international organizations present a side event on "Developing Practical Guidance on Maximum Available Resources" at the 38th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
UN submission says that all development is not human rights aligned
A recent joint submission by CESR and partners to the UN Human Rights Council objected to the suggestion that development always contributes to human rights realization.
High Commissioner reports on civil society engagement with international and regional organizations
A CESR submission regarding limited civil society space at the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development was referenced in a report by the High Commissioner on Human Rights.
Rising inequality is a wake-up call for human rights
Media: Ignacio Saiz writes in Open Global Rights that the challenges economic inequality poses for human rights are not the death knell for the movement but a wake-up call for a more holistic approach.
Latin American countries must reform their fiscal policies to guarantee human rights
Unjust fiscal policy measures adopted by some Latin American countries strip basic social protections from populations, creating rights deficits and sowing unrest.
Latin American national human rights representatives trained in ESCR
CESR’s Mihir Mankad and Sergio Chaparro facilitated a regional training workshop on economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Developing human rights indicators for the SDGs in South Africa
May 4: Allison Corkery presented in Johannesburg on the role of national human rights institutions in developing human rights indicators for the SDGs.
Human Rights in an Age of Austerity: casualty or compass?
Media: Preventing another “lost decade” will require us to see human rights values not as merely collateral damage of economic policy, but as cogent and universal norms actively guiding tough fiscal dilemmas in the public’s interest.
Fiscal Policies and the Safeguarding of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Peru
Fiscal Policies and the Safeguarding of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Latin America
Is Human Rights Advocacy Off Track?
Media: IHRB blog post by Salil Tripathi in response to Samuel Moyne points out CESR as an organization with a track record of using human rights to campaign for distributional fairness.
Making the link between sustainable development and human rights obligations
March 24: CESR's Kate Donald and Allison Corkery consulted with the UN CESCR to inform a potential General Comment on Sustainable Development.
The SDGs and gender equality: empty promises or beacon of hope?
Media: Kate Donald and Silke Staab's submission to Open Global Rights on the importance of linking the SDGs to human rights to advance gender equality.
A Lost Decade for Equality, Development and Human Rights?
A Lost Decade for Equality, Development and Human Rights? Assessing Austerity and its Alternatives 10 years after the global financial crisis Friday, April 20th | 9-10.30amInternational Monetary Fund HQ2 03B-838B
Egypt's Economy: Turning a Corner or Going in Circles? Civil Society Perspectives
Thursday, April 19th, 2018, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.Bank Information Center (BIC), 10th Floor, 1023 15th St. NW, Washington, DC 20005
United Nations urges Spain to end detrimental austerity measures
Press release: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights calls for a more redistributive fiscal system that addresses rising economic and social inequalities
United Nations urges Spain to end detrimental austerity measures
This statement is available in pdf format in EnglishEsta declaración está disponible en formato pdf en español
Assisting Human Rights Council as it assesses rights impacts of austerity
March 1: At UN Human Rights Council, Niko Lusiani supports Guiding Principles for assessing rights impacts of austerity and other economic reform policies.