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GI-ESCR raises the need to tackle tax havens and tax competition in meeting with new Special Rapporteur on human rights and climate change

GI-ESCR raises the need to tackle tax havens and tax competition in meeting with new Special Rapporteur on human rights and climate change

SubmissionGI-ESCR8 July 2022Climate change & human rights, Strengthening human rights frameworks

GI-ESCR submitted report to the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change

GI-ESCR submitted report to the UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change

SubmissionJuliette Wyss6 July 2022Climate change & human rights

University of Geneva course on research capacity towards advocacy for the right to education

University of Geneva course on research capacity towards advocacy for the right to education

Institutional engagementGI-ESCR30 June 2022Right to education

GI-ESCR participates in the Annual Global Conference on Extra-territorial Obligations (ETOs)

GI-ESCR participates in the Annual Global Conference on Extra-territorial Obligations (ETOs)

Institutional engagementRossella De Falco27 June 2022Extraterritorial obligations (ETOs), Right to health, health

GI-ESCR delivers statement in support of UNSR report on impacts of digitalisation on the right to education at the 50th session of the Human Rights Council

GI-ESCR delivers statement in support of UNSR report on impacts of digitalisation on the right to education at the 50th session of the Human Rights Council

Institutional engagementZsuzsanna Nyitray24 June 2022Private actors & public services, Right to education

Webinar: Public Services Delivery and Human Rights: Advancing Towards the Sustainable Development Goals

Webinar: Public Services Delivery and Human Rights: Advancing Towards the Sustainable Development Goals

Event, Institutional engagementGI-ESCR22 June 2022Private actors & public services, Strengthening human rights frameworks

Health and Racism: GI-ESCR submitted input to the Next Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health

Health and Racism: GI-ESCR submitted input to the Next Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health

Submission, Update from GenevaRossella De Falco7 June 2022Right to health, United Nations

Side event at the Annual Meeting of Charipersons of Human Rights Treaty Bodies: Implementing the Treaty Body Review 2020 - Where Do We Stand

Side event at the Annual Meeting of Charipersons of Human Rights Treaty Bodies: Implementing the Treaty Body Review 2020 - Where Do We Stand

Event, Institutional engagementGI-ESCR27 May 2022Strengthening human rights frameworks

Using the public services framework to guarantee children’s right to care in Chile: GI-ESCR and partners proposal to the Committee of the Rights of the Child

Using the public services framework to guarantee children’s right to care in Chile: GI-ESCR and partners proposal to the Committee of the Rights of the Child

SubmissionGI-ESCR17 May 2022chile, Strengthening human rights frameworks

GI-ESCR submits report to the UN Special Rapporteur on a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment

GI-ESCR submits report to the UN Special Rapporteur on a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment

SubmissionJuliette Wyss17 May 2022Climate change & human rights, Renewable energy & gender justice, United Nations

GI-ESCR and the Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental of the IACHR met the new Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs

GI-ESCR and the Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental of the IACHR met the new Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs

Institutional engagementGI-ESCR11 May 2022Chile, Strengthening human rights frameworks

"Casa Abierta", the REDESCA Rapporteur's Office and GI-ESCR met to hear testimonies of human rights violations in informal settlements in Valparaíso

"Casa Abierta", the REDESCA Rapporteur's Office and GI-ESCR met to hear testimonies of human rights violations in informal settlements in Valparaíso

Institutional engagement, EventGI-ESCR11 May 2022Chile

40 Latin American organisations visited the Constitutional Convention to discuss democracy and human rights with constituents

40 Latin American organisations visited the Constitutional Convention to discuss democracy and human rights with constituents

Event, Institutional engagementGI-ESCR11 May 2022Chile, Climate change & human rights

Promoting "Universal and Quality Public Services for the construction of the new Chile"

Promoting "Universal and Quality Public Services for the construction of the new Chile"

Event, Institutional engagementGI-ESCR29 April 2022Chile, Private actors & public services

"Reimagine Latin America" - 40 CSOs met in Chile to learn about the constituent process and share lessons for the region

"Reimagine Latin America" - 40 CSOs met in Chile to learn about the constituent process and share lessons for the region

Event, Institutional engagementGI-ESCR12 April 2022Chile, Latin America

Community roundtable discussion on report on the right to health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya

Community roundtable discussion on report on the right to health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya

Event, Institutional engagementGI-ESCR8 April 2022health, Right to health, Kenya

GI-ESCR participates in the Pan African CSO consultative forum ahead of the Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers

GI-ESCR participates in the Pan African CSO consultative forum ahead of the Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers

Institutional engagementGI-ESCR29 March 2022Right to education, Kenya

Global Gathering of International Right to Health Advocates in Brussels: Reverting the Commercialisation of Healthcare Together

Global Gathering of International Right to Health Advocates in Brussels: Reverting the Commercialisation of Healthcare Together

Event, Institutional engagementRossella De Falco18 March 2022Right to health, Private actors & public services

GI-ESCR delivered the normative proposal on universal quality public services and fair taxation policy at one of Chile’s Constitutional Convention commission

GI-ESCR delivered the normative proposal on universal quality public services and fair taxation policy at one of Chile’s Constitutional Convention commission

SubmissionGI-ESCR17 March 2022Chile, Private actors & public services

The Global Manifesto for Public Services inspired normative proposal submitted to the Constitutional Convention in Chile

The Global Manifesto for Public Services inspired normative proposal submitted to the Constitutional Convention in Chile

Institutional engagementGI-ESCR6 March 2022Private actors & public services