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GI-ESCR calls for implementation of the right to quality and inclusive education at the 47th session of the Human Rights Council | Oral statement

GI-ESCR calls for implementation of the right to quality and inclusive education at the 47th session of the Human Rights Council | Oral statement

Institutional engagement, StatementNellie Epinat25 June 2021Strengthening human rights frameworks, Right to education, Private actors & public services

Marriage and Property Rights: GI-ESCR and partners build pathways to gender equality in Asia and Africa

Marriage and Property Rights: GI-ESCR and partners build pathways to gender equality in Asia and Africa

Event, Institutional engagementNellie Epinat24 June 2021Women's rights to land, Legal advocacy, Women's ESC rights

GI-ESCR and partners give a training on research methodology on privatisation of education in francophone countries | Introductory workshop

GI-ESCR and partners give a training on research methodology on privatisation of education in francophone countries | Introductory workshop

Event, Institutional engagementAya Douabou23 June 2021Abidjan Principles, Right to education, Private actors & public services

OHCHR urged to ensure in-person Treaty Body meetings resume no later than August 2021

OHCHR urged to ensure in-person Treaty Body meetings resume no later than August 2021

Statement, Institutional engagementTom Bagshaw23 June 2021Strengthening human rights frameworks, Online Sessions

GI-ESCR contributes to awareness campaign on the Abidjan Principles organised by civil society organisations in Niger

GI-ESCR contributes to awareness campaign on the Abidjan Principles organised by civil society organisations in Niger

Event, Institutional engagementAya Douabou21 June 2021Right to education, Private actors & public services

GI-ESCR and partners call on constitutional convention members to commit to dignified housing and enshrine it in the Constitution

GI-ESCR and partners call on constitutional convention members to commit to dignified housing and enshrine it in the Constitution

Institutional engagement, Public appealNellie Epinat11 June 2021Chile, Legal advocacy, Right to adequate housing

GI-ESCR presents with partners a feminist regulation for the constitutional convention in Chile

GI-ESCR presents with partners a feminist regulation for the constitutional convention in Chile

Public appeal, Institutional engagementNellie Epinat10 June 2021Chile, Legal advocacy, Women's ESC rights

01 June 2021 | Join the launch of GI-ESCR and partners’ platform on human rights and business in Chile!

01 June 2021 | Join the launch of GI-ESCR and partners’ platform on human rights and business in Chile!

Event, Institutional engagementNellie Epinat31 May 2021Chile, Legal advocacy, Strategic partnerships

Women’s Equality Starts With Ending the Tampon Tax | Read op-ed by Magdalena Sepúlveda and Catarina Albuquerque

Women’s Equality Starts With Ending the Tampon Tax | Read op-ed by Magdalena Sepúlveda and Catarina Albuquerque

Institutional engagement, Articles / op-eds / press releasesNellie Epinat28 May 2021Private actors & public services, Women's ESC rights, Legal advocacy

Public statement | GI-ESCR and partners call on WHO not to encourage commercialisation and privatisation of healthcare amidst COVID-19 crisis

Public statement | GI-ESCR and partners call on WHO not to encourage commercialisation and privatisation of healthcare amidst COVID-19 crisis

Institutional engagement, StatementNellie Epinat24 May 2021Private actors & public services, Legal advocacy

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 calls for Bridge International Academies to be held accountable in Kenya

GI-ESCR calls for Bridge International Academies to be held accountable in Kenya

Update from Geneva, Articles / op-eds / press releasesTeresa Mutua18 April 2021Kenya, Right to education, Private actors & public services

UN Committee on Women's Rights raises concerns about the situation of women in Chile

UN Committee on Women's Rights raises concerns about the situation of women in Chile

Institutional engagement, SubmissionNellie Epinat23 March 2021Chile, Women's ESC rights, Climate change & human rights, COVID-19 & ESC Rights

GI-ESCR shares its work on inequality for a course at the Sant'Anna Institute

GI-ESCR shares its work on inequality for a course at the Sant'Anna Institute

Event, Update from GenevaSylvain Aubry28 January 2021Strategic partnerships, Private actors & public services, Climate change & human rights

Report of the 2020 Human Rights Council Social Forum | GI-ESCR welcomes steps forwards for public services

Report of the 2020 Human Rights Council Social Forum | GI-ESCR welcomes steps forwards for public services

Event, Institutional engagement, PublicationNellie Epinat25 January 2021Private actors & public services, Women's ESC rights, COVID-19 & ESC Rights

GI-ESCR and partners present Abidjan Principles to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

GI-ESCR and partners present Abidjan Principles to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

Event, Institutional engagementGI-ESCR3 December 2020Abidjan Principles, Right to education

New Update from Geneva: 68th Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights October 2020

New Update from Geneva: 68th Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights October 2020

Update from GenevaGuest User29 October 2020Legal advocacy, Strategic partnerships, Strengthening human rights frameworks

Chile said it loud and clear: a new constitution for a new social pact

Chile said it loud and clear: a new constitution for a new social pact

Update from GenevaGI-ESCR26 October 2020Chile, Legal advocacy

New ESC Rights Update from Geneva now available!

New ESC Rights Update from Geneva now available!

Update from GenevaGI-ESCR20 October 2020Strengthening human rights frameworks

Ivory Coast: GI-ESCR presents Abidjan Principles to Members of Parliament and Ministry of Education

Ivory Coast: GI-ESCR presents Abidjan Principles to Members of Parliament and Ministry of Education

Event, Update from GenevaGI-ESCR4 September 2020Abidjan Principles, Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire