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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Publications, Reports & Briefings
The Measure of Progress: how human rights should inform SDG indicators
As the dust settles on the UN Sustainable Development Summit, a new CESR briefing explores how human rights should inform the selection of SDG indicators that are currently being debated.
Switzerland's financial secrecy scrutinized under human rights spotlight
UN submission: A coalition of civil society organizations has called on CEDAW to examine the extra-territorial impacts of Switzerland’s financial legislation on women’s rights.
Publications, Reports & Briefings
Redistributing unpaid care work: why tax matters for women’s rights
Tax policies need to focus on women’s human rights and unpaid care work.
Transforming fact-finding to realize economic and social rights
New book includes a chapter by Allison Corkery, Director of CESR’s Rights Claiming and Accountability Program, on fact-finding methodologies and the multidimensional nature of chronic deprivations.
Publications, Reports & Briefings, Submissions
Fiscal policy and human rights in the Americas
For the first time, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has played host to a thematic hearing specifically focused on fiscal policy and human rights.
Factsheets, Manuals & Guides, Publications
Human Rights for All Post-2015: A Litmus Test
The Post-2015 Human Rights Caucus has developed a Litmus Test to be used to evaluate whether proposals for the post-2015 framework respect and reflect pre-existing human rights norms.
Assessing public policies from a human rights perspective: case study Guatemala
This case study explains how the OPERA methodology was deployed to to assess Guatemala’s compliance with its human rights commitments.
Manuals & Guides, Publications
Defending Dignity: A Manual for National Human Rights Institutions
The Asia Pacific Forum (APF) and CESR are pleased to release a new manual designed to strengthen the role of NHRIs in monitoring economic and social rights.
Publications, Reports & Briefings
Taking stock of two decades of economic and social rights advocacy
Publication: Leading figures from the economic and social rights movement take stock of the state of the field.
Publications, Reports & Briefings
Egypt: Widespread rights retrogression exposed before UPR
The 11 briefing papers in this series were prepared by CESR and the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights
Publications, Reports & Briefings
Fiscal Fallacies: 8 Myths about the 'Age of Austerity'
This briefing challenges eight widespread yet misguided perceptions about economic policy in times of crisis, and suggests human rights-centered policy alternatives.
Publications, Reports & Briefings
National Human Rights Institutions can help ensure post-2015 goals deliver
Briefing: A new document from CESR and the Danish Institute for Human Rights explains the role NHRIs should play in post-2015 development.
Publications, Reports & Briefings
Responsibilities beyond borders: unlocking the post-2015 stalemate
Briefing: Human rights can provide a fresh lens in post-2015 negotiations
Manuals & Guides, Publications, Reports & Briefings
Accountability for the post-2015 agenda: A proposal for a robust global review mechanism
CESR and its partners have developed a proposal for a robust monitoring mechanism for post-2015 development.
Indicators for a post-2015 fiscal revolution
Working paper: CESR and Christian Aid offer some rights-based proposals for the post-2015 indicator framework.
Spain: Austerity driving poverty, inequality, human rights deterioration
Factsheet illustrates how austerity is driving violations of economic and social rights in Spain (2015).
Rights regressions and short-sighted austerity policies in Egypt
Factsheet provides a concise statistical snapshot of worrying trends in the country (2013).
Publications, Reports & Briefings
New Zealand earthquake recovery: empowering rights claiming
A new report from the New Zealand Human Rights Commission in collaboration with CESR analyses human rights issues in the Canterbury earthquake recovery.
Austerity undermining rights says CoE Commissioner
Publication: A new Council of Europe Issue Paper, commissioned from CESR, assesses the human rights impacts of austerity measures and sets out an agenda for change.
Publications, Reports & Briefings, Submissions
Egypt: new report brings economic and social rights deficits to attention of UN
UN submission: CESR has joined forces with a broad coalition of 57 organizations on a joint parallel report taking the Egyptian government to task at the United Nations.
Publications, Reports & Briefings
'Who Will Be Accountable' for the SDGs?
Proper accountability mechanisms must be incorporated into post-2015 development plan if it is to avoid the pitfalls of the MDGs.
Publications, Reports & Briefings
A Matter of Justice: securing human rights in the post-2015 sustainable development agenda
The human rights framework can provide operational principles and standards of conduct to ensure the post-2015 development plan delivers on its promises.
Beyond 2015: Just governance must be a cornerstone of the sustainable development agenda
A new Beyond-2015 paper co-cordinated by CESR explains that just and effective governance must become a central pillar of any future global development framework.
Taking Angola's maternal health record to task at the UN
As oil-rich Angola appears before the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, a new report throws light on maternal health failures in the country.
Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Tools to Monitor the Obligation to Fulfil ESCR
Article: In this article in the Nordic Journal of Human Rights we briefly analyse the range of new methodologies which have been developed to monitor the positive obligation to fulfil ESCR, and discuss the OPERA Framework.
CESR contributes to major UN publication on future of MDGs
CESR Researcher Allison Corkery has contributed a chapter to the new UNDP publication 'Accelerating Achievement of MDGs by Ways and Means of Economic and Social Rights'.
Publications, Reports & Briefings
The Group of 20, Financial Regulation and Human Rights
Briefing: The fourth publication in the 'Righting Financial Regulation' series examines how human rights should inform the G20's role in managing the financial system.
Spain Factsheet (2012)
2012 factsheet on economic, social and cultural rights in Spain since the economic crisis took hold in 2007.
Publications, Reports & Briefings
Financial Transactions Tax: A Human Rights Imperative
The third briefing in the 'Righting Financial Regulation' series provides an overview of how the FTT would work and the benefits it would provide.
Spain's austerity measures under the spotlight
CESR has coordinated a parallel report to the UN with 18 other civil society organizations.