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GI-ESCR & partners welcome the African Commission’s landmark General Comment on States' obligations with regard to public services

GI-ESCR & partners welcome the African Commission’s landmark General Comment on States' obligations with regard to public services

Institutional engagement, Public appealGI-ESCR25 October 2022Private actors & public services, health, Right to health, Right to education, Right to water & sanitation

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights adopts landmark General Comment on social services which includes GI-ESCR contribution

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights adopts landmark General Comment on social services which includes GI-ESCR contribution

Institutional engagementGI-ESCR22 August 2022Private actors & public services, Right to education, Right to health, Right to water & sanitation, Strengthening human rights frameworks

15 June 2021 | Universal Quality Public Services - What is to be done? GI-ESCR participates in PSI brief launch

15 June 2021 | Universal Quality Public Services - What is to be done? GI-ESCR participates in PSI brief launch

Event, PublicationNellie Epinat15 June 2021Right to water & sanitation, Private actors & public services

GI-ESCR welcomes the launch of the Guidelines on the Right to Water in Africa | Joint statement

GI-ESCR welcomes the launch of the Guidelines on the Right to Water in Africa | Joint statement

StatementGI-ESCR30 April 2021Legal advocacy, Right to water & sanitation, Private actors & public services

GI-ESCR inputs into the new General Comment on public services with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

GI-ESCR inputs into the new General Comment on public services with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Event, Institutional engagementNellie Epinat26 April 2021Legal advocacy, Right to water & sanitation, Private actors & public services

GI-ESCR submits to the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation

GI-ESCR submits to the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation

PublicationGI-ESCR15 April 2021Legal advocacy, Right to water & sanitation, Private actors & public services

Night of Global Social Rights | GI-ESCR takes part in the world largest conversation on Global Social Rights and International Solidarity

Night of Global Social Rights | GI-ESCR takes part in the world largest conversation on Global Social Rights and International Solidarity

EventNellie Epinat9 April 2021Right to water & sanitation, Right to adequate housing, Right to education, Private actors & public services, Women's ESC rights

CSOs welcome UN Human Rights Council resolution affirming the importance of investing in public services

CSOs welcome UN Human Rights Council resolution affirming the importance of investing in public services

StatementNellie Epinat24 March 2021Right to water & sanitation, COVID-19 & ESC Rights, Right to education, Right to health, Private actors & public services

18 March | Speaking about the elephant in the room - Special Rapporteur calls for urgent action against financialisation of life and water

18 March | Speaking about the elephant in the room - Special Rapporteur calls for urgent action against financialisation of life and water

Event, Public appealNellie Epinat15 March 2021Right to water & sanitation, Private actors & public services

Over 120 civil society organisations sign statement supporting UN Special Rapporteur Léo Heller's report on privatisation of water

Over 120 civil society organisations sign statement supporting UN Special Rapporteur Léo Heller's report on privatisation of water

StatementSylvain Aubry22 October 2020Right to water & sanitation

A safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment is an essential ingredient for realising the right to water

A safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment is an essential ingredient for realising the right to water

Guest User16 September 2020Right to water & sanitation

New ACHPR Guidelines on the Right to Water set stringent standards for PPPs in water supply echoing the Abidjan Principles (in English & French)

New ACHPR Guidelines on the Right to Water set stringent standards for PPPs in water supply echoing the Abidjan Principles (in English & French)

Institutional engagementGuest User9 July 2020Abidjan Principles, Right to water & sanitation, Private actors & public services

ESC Rights Update from Geneva: 39th session of the UN Human Rights Council (September 2018)

ESC Rights Update from Geneva: 39th session of the UN Human Rights Council (September 2018)

Update from GenevaGuest User19 October 2018Venezuela, Right to adequate housing, Legal advocacy, Strategic partnerships, Right to water & sanitation, Right to health

NEW Practitioners Guide: Human Rights-Based Approach to Water in Informal Settlements

Guest User19 August 2015Strengthening human rights frameworks, Right to water & sanitation

Challenging disconnection of water supply of low-income residents in Detroit

Update from Geneva, SubmissionGuest User9 February 2015Legal advocacy, Right to water & sanitation

Human Rights Committee addresses housing, water, sanitation and access to land in Palestine and Israel

Update from Geneva, PublicationGuest User30 October 2014Palestine, Israel, Right to water & sanitation, Right to adequate housing

Human Rights Committee questions Israel on rights related to housing, water, sanitation and agricultural land

Update from Geneva, PublicationGuest User21 October 2014Right to water & sanitation, Right to adequate housing

Human Rights Committee addresses violations of housing, water and sanitation rights under the ICCPR

Update from Geneva, PublicationGuest User16 January 2013Legal advocacy, Right to water & sanitation, Right to adequate housing

GI-ESCR joins Urgent Call to Action on the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation

Update from Geneva, Public appealGuest User30 May 2012Right to water & sanitation

GI-ESCR joins coalition issuing a ‘call to action for the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation.’

Articles / op-eds / press releasesGuest User12 March 2012Right to water & sanitation