Economic inequalities are among the greatest human rights challenges the world faces today due to the past four decades of neoliberal policy dominance. Inequality is a cross-cutting issue at the core of GI-ESCR strategic plan.

You are invited to join Catherine Porter, DPhil, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Lancaster University - who will moderate a conversation with authors of specific chapters:

Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann, PhD, FRSC, Professor Emeritus, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada Research Chair in International Human Rights 2003-16. “Constraints on Economic Inequality: Comparing Canada and the United States”

Anja Rudiger, PhD, Political theorist and activist, “A Framework for Fiscal Justice: How Human Rights Can Change Public Finance”

Diane F. Frey, PhD, Lecturer in Labor Studies, San Francisco State University. “Fair Wages and a Decent Living: Paths to Greater Vertical Equality” co-authored by Gillian MacNaughton

Vicente Silva, LLM, Programme Officer-Latin America, Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. “The Potential Impact of the Right to Housing to Address Vertical Inequalities”

WHEN: On January 12, 2022

Time zones:

• Santiago Chile: 2:00 – 3:00 pm

• London UK/Dakar Senegal: 5:00 – 6:00 pm

• Boston/New York: 12 noon – 1:00 pm

The edited volume examines these questions from multiple disciplinary perspectives, seeking to uncover the relationships between human rights and economic inequalities, and the barriers and pathways to greater economic equality and full enjoyment of human rights for all. The volume is a unique contribution to the emerging literature on human rights and economic inequality, as it is interdisciplinary, global.

This book compiles cutting-edge multi-disciplinary research on economic inequalities and human rights, which is still a nascent field, and provides a critical reflection and new avenues of thinking to address one of the most important challenges of our time.

GI-ESCR staff contributed two chapters:

• Sylvain Aubry, GI-ESCR Director of Law and Policy co-wrote chapter 3: What the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies Tell Us about Economic Inequalities and Human Rights: An Empirical Analysis of 20 Years of Practice. Also written by Katherine James, Lucy McKernan, Beth Munro and Caroline Noyrez-

• Vicente Silva, GI-ESCR Programm Officer for Latin America wrote chapter 14: The Potential Impact of the Right to Housing to Address Vertical Inequalities.