Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona, GI-ESCR’s Director, participated this Wednesday 04 November 2020 in the launch event of the Special Edition of the International Journal of Human Rights on human rights and economic reforms. Edited by Aoife Nolan and Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, the publication contains reflections by experts on the impact of economic reforms on a wide range of human rights, the implications of the pandemic and the recession, and the Guiding Principles approved by the UN Human Rights Council in 2019.

Speakers included:

• Juan P. Bohoslavsky (Covid-19 and Human Rights postgraduate coordinator, UNRN)

• Sergio Chaparro (Center for Economic and Social Rights and co-author)

• Julieta Izcurdia (ACIJ)

• Nicholas Lusiani (OXFAM and co-author)

• Aoife Nolan (University of Nottingham)

• Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona (Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. GI-ESCR)

The event was moderated by Martín Sigal (CDH - Faculty of Law UBA)

Organisers:

Human Rights Centre of the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires; Center for Economic and Social Rights; Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia; University of Nottingham.

Access the publication here: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/fjhr20/current