The 'Date Cuenta' campaign focuses on Latin America's historic opportunity to create a new financial system, one where the ultra-wealthy finally pay their fair share of taxes, paving the way to reduce inequality.
The 'Date Cuenta' campaign focuses on Latin America's historic opportunity to create a new financial system, one where the ultra-wealthy finally pay their fair share of taxes, paving the way to reduce inequality.
Using Human Rights Law
to End Social & Economic Injustice
Together with partners around the world, we work to achieve
a world in which every person and community lives in dignity
and in harmony with nature.
We are constantly looking for innovative ways to advance social and economic justice, gender equality and human dignity.
We see our work as a cycle, an upward spiral of iterative and cumulative change in which local and global actions influence and benefit each other.
GI-ESCR’s Theory Of Change
We are a small and agile organisation. Our theory of change focuses on our capacity to shape the larger ecosystem that determines decision-making. GI-ESCR identifies concerns and issues that fall within our mandate and tools that add value.
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Latest News
We Contributed to the drafting of the Universal Periodic Review of Kenya´s Right to Health Report
During August 2024, we contributed to drafting the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Health Cluster report for Kenya. We focused on prioritising healthcare financing and other critical health...
We Contributed to REDESCA’s call for inputs on Climate Justice and Human Rights
On 11 October, we submitted a report to the Special Rapporteurship on Economic, Social, Cultural, and Environmental Rights of the IACHR. The rapporteur invited stakeholders to present inputs and...
"A Care Lead Transition to a Sustainable Future" is Now Available in Spanish
To ensure a wider reach, we are pleased to announce that the report " A Care Lead Transition to a Sustainable Future " is now available in Spanish, making this crucial information accessible to more...
We joined a Global Call for IMF to Reform Regressive Surcharge Policies
This Friday, 11 October, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to announce reforms to its controversial policy on charges and surcharges, which imposes extra fees on countries whose...
5th Edition of the Climate and Sustainable Financing Week
On 7 October, we participated in the first day of the 5th edition of the Climate and Sustainable Financing Week, which was organised by GFLAC (Grupo de Financiamiento Climático para Latinoamerica y...
The Future Starts Now: Enhancing the Global System for Current and Future Generations
Together with the Center for International Environmental Law, FIAN International and Oxfam, we delivered a statement at the Summit for the Future to emphasise the role of the rights of present and...
Statement on the Impact on Loss and Damage from the Adverse Effects of Climate Change on the Full Enjoyment of Human Rights
At the 57th session of the Human Rights Council, we delivered a statement on the impact of loss and damage from the adverse effects of climate change on the full enjoyment of human rights. The...
New Abidjan Principles Commentary out!
Published by the Oxford Human Rights Hub, the Commentary provides an expert analysis of the Abidjan Principles. The Guiding Principles on the human rights obligations of states to provide public...
Workshop on Critical Energy Transition Minerals and Gender Equality in Bikita, Zimbabwe
Together with the Shine Collab, we conducted a workshop with women from Hanyanya, a community close to the lithium mine of Bikita in Zimbabwe. These women are on the frontlines of resisting mining...
Arts Festival at Antonio García School, in Bogotá, Colombia
Between August and September 2024, with Antonio García School in Bogotá, Colombia, we raised a milestone in education on human rights and public services: an Arts Festival. This event brought...
As Part of the Civil Society, we Urged IMF for Evaluation of 2015 Guidelines and Reforms
Along a coalition of economic justice, human rights, environmental, climate justice, and feminist civil society organisations, we have expressed a growing concern over the International Monetary...
A Shift in Momentum: Progressive Fiscal Reforms at the Core of the United Nations General Assembly
Numerous Heads of State and Governments have explicitly endorsed advancing progressive fiscal reforms globally in the context of the ongoing general debate at the 79th session of the United Nations...
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We believe public services are essential for ensuring the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights. We monitor the impacts of privatisation and commercialisation on these services, expose abuses when they occur, demand that those responsible are held accountable, and promote alternative arrangements aligned with human rights.
Our Work
Latest Publications
A Care-Led Transition to a Sustainable Future (Spanish Version)
This publication highlights the interrelated crises of care and climate change, focusing on how the lack of access to care services and the impacts of climate change disproportionately affect women....
Abidjan Principles Commentary on the Obligations of States in Relation to Public Education (Guiding Principles 29-33)
The Guiding Principles on the human rights obligations of States to provide public education and to regulate private involvement in education were adopted by a group of education and human rights...
2023 Abidjan Principles Commentary Pieces
The Guiding Principles on the human rights obligations of states to provide public education and to regulate private involvement in education (the Abidjan Principles) were adopted on 13 February...
2023 CESCR Yearbook
2023 CESCR Yearbook The Work of the Committee on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights The 2023 Yearbook of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) captures the full scope of the...
Critical Minerals and Gender Equality: The Voices of the Women of Antofagasta and Atacama
This report, 'Critical Minerals and Gender Equality: The Voices of the Women of Antofagasta and Atacama', is the result of a participatory action research conducted in collaboration with FIMA and a...
States’ Human Rights Obligations in the Context of Climate Change - 2024 Update
In collaboration with the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), we have released the 2024 update of the synthesis note on 'States’ Human Rights Obligations in the Context of Climate...
State Obligations Under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights in the Context of Private Provision of Social Services
ESPAÑOL | ENGLISH This publication highlights the historical shift from public to private provision of essential services like education and healthcare due to neoliberal policies, which has...
Healthcare Privatisation and Commercialisation in Ivory Coast: What Impact on the Right to Health?
This executive summary, which is based on a full report originally written in French by Dr. Stéphane Koffi Kouadjo and Amadou Dahou, from the non-profit organisation Mouvement Ivoirien des Droits...
The Impact of the Privatisation and Commodification of Healthcare on the Right to Health in Côte d'Ivoire
This report, which was written by Amadou Dahou, Kouamé Amani, Stéphane Koffi Kouadjo and Youssouf Bamba from the Mouvement Ivoirien des Droits Humains (MIDH), along with Aya Douabou from the Global...
The Conceptualisation and Regulation of APBET Schools in Kenya: Applying the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education
This report explores the status and regulation of Alternative Provision of Basic Education and Training (APBET) schools in Kenya, using the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education as a...
Guide to Drafting a Parallel Report for UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
'Monitoring State Compliance with Human Rights Obligations in the Context of Climate Change' is a guide for preparing a shadow report for United Nations human rights treaty bodies on the topic of...
Energy, Gender and Health: Mapping the Legal Framework and Potential Policy Solutions
This publication results from a collaborative project between the University of Essex’s Human Rights Centre Clinic and the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR). The...
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We identify concerns and issues and work on them, assembling evidence and arguments that lead to new narratives. Transformative narratives together with broad social coalitions have the power to strengthen the institutional human rights framework, influence public and institutional attitudes, and change thinking.
Most of our activities and programmes are intersectional and cross-cutting.
Public Services & Private actors
Strengthening ESC rights frameworks
Addressing the climate emergency
Public finance and Tax reform
Gender equality and women´s ESC rights
Public Services & Private actors
Public finance and Tax reform
Strengthening ESC rights frameworks
Gender equality and women´s ESC rights
Addressing the climate emergency
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No amount is too small. Your contribution will help us fight for transformative change to end endemic problems of social and economic injustice.
No amount is too small. Your contribution will help us fight for transformative change to end endemic problems of social and economic injustice.
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We would like to hear about your concerns, initiatives and resources that we can help develop to establish economic, social and cultural rights as an essential point of reference for reforming the institutions that govern our societies.
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We are always looking for volunteers. Whether you have a background in legal work, communications, translation or design, join the movement. To inquire about volunteering with us email: info@gi-escr.org
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We value relationships and partnerships highly. They are at the core of GI-ESCR’s methodology and are critical to establishing and realising human rights.
