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We are a global network of 280 members in 75 countries working to make #humanrights and #socialjustice a reality for all. Content in English and Spanish.

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ESCR-Net | Red-DESC @escrnet.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The story of María Roa, an Afro-Colombian leader, is one of the most-watched series on Netflix in Latin America. Learn about the union that is transforming the working conditions of domestic workers in Colombia. 👇 www.escr-net.org/news/2026/we...
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ESCR-Net | Red-DESC @escrnet.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
🛜 Join the program! Most sessions are held online. From April 14–17, as global leaders convene at the IMF–World Bank Spring Meetings, we are advancing a collective agenda for economic justice, human rights, and climate action at #CSPF. www.escr-net.org/news/2026/re...
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Reconfiguring the Global Economy to Serve People: Key Moments at the IMF–World Bank Spring Meetings
At a time of deepening global crises—rising debt burdens, climate breakdown, and widening inequality—these conversations are not abstract. They are about whether governments can fund healthcare, education, housing, and care systems. They are about whether communities can live with dignity.
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ESCR-Net | Red-DESC @escrnet.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Land reform delays in #SouthAfrica are not just slow progress; they reflect a failure to address the legacy of apartheid. @calsza.bsky.social argues this inaction breaches constitutional & human rights obligations. 🔗 www.escr-net.org/news/2026/so...
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South Africa: Land Reform Delays Undermine Constitutional and Human Rights Obligations
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ESCR-Net | Red-DESC @escrnet.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
In the early hours of Feb 26, the agroecological project of MUFRAS-32 in El Salvador was deliberately set on fire—destroying 25+ years of community work. This attack is part of the growing violence against land defenders. We call for accountability and protection. www.escr-net.org/news/2026/es...
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Solidarity with MUFRAS-32 following the attack on their agroecological project in El Salvador
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SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations @somoamsterdam.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Full comic by @escrnet.bsky.social ⤵️ www.escr-net.org/resources/be...
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Comic Beyond Green Lies: Real Solutions to the Climate Crisis Exist
The Power of the 99% to Stop Capture & Debt can be used to spark discussion and learn about the root causes of debt. Climate & environmental justice, gender justice, corporate accountability & more!
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Centre for Applied Legal Studies @calsza.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Our Thuto Gabaphethe and Lulama Madyaka discuss why South Africa is far from meeting its 2030 targets for land reform. As a member of @escrnet.bsky.social, CALS is intervening in litigation to address government's failures around land reform. Read more: www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...
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Silence on equitable access to land is not oversight, but political contempt
Despite the deadline looming for National Development Targets in 2030, land reform remains out of reach for most in South Africa.…
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ESCR-Net | Red-DESC @escrnet.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
📣 We’re thrilled to welcome #MisunWoo as ESCR-Net’s new Executive Director! We are excited for this new chapter of collective leadership, solidarity, and transformation at ESCR-Net. www.escr-net.org/news/2025/es...
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Ruben Kondrup @rubenkondrup.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
📢Members of @escrnet.bsky.social call on governments at #COP30 to decolonize climate action and center peoples-led solutions. Checkout the 6 pillar policy brief here: www.escr-net.org/resources/co...
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COP30 Policy Brief | Centering Peoples-Led Solutions: Our Common Agenda for a Decolonized Climate Future
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ESCR-Net | Red-DESC @escrnet.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
✨ Histórico: La @corteidh.bsky.social reconoce el cuidado como derecho humano. 🌍 30 de nuestras miembras aportaron argumentos y experiencias en este proceso. 👉Conoce más en: www.escr-net.org/es/news/2025... @giescr.bsky.social @cels-argentina.bsky.social @observadesca.bsky.social
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La Corte Interamericana reconoce el cuidado como un derecho humano: un logro de los movimientos feministas y de derechos humanos
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ESCR-Net | Red-DESC @escrnet.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
🇵🇸 In Bogotá, Global South countries took concrete steps to end the genocide in Gaza. At @ESCRNet, we’ve long challenged corporate capture—exposing how corporations profit from apartheid, occupation, and genocide in Palestine. www.escr-net.org/news/2025/ac...
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Accountability Now: 12 Countries Take Action To Stop the Genocide in Gaza
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ESCR-Net | Red-DESC @escrnet.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
The Inter-American Court has spoken: the climate crisis is a human rights emergency. States have binding legal duties to act, prevent harm & ensure justice. A powerful tool for climate justice—fueled by over 260 civil society inputs, including us. www.escr-net.org/news/2025/es... @ciel.org
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ESCR-Net Welcomes Historic Inter-American Court Decision Declaring Climate Crisis a Human Rights Emergency
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ESCR-Net | Red-DESC @escrnet.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Condenamos el intento de asesinato, detención arbitraria y agresión policial contra Mabel Robledo, defensora garífuna de @ofraneh.bsky.social y testigo ante la Corte Interaméricana de DDHH. Exigimos justicia, protección y el fin de la persecución al pueblo garífuna. @criteriohn.bsky.social
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 16/06/2025
Tax justice pays dividends – fair corporate taxation grows jobs, shrinks inequality. Guest blog from Daniel Bertossa @psiglobalunion.bsky.social and Séverine Picard of Progressive Policies taxjustice.net/2025/06/16/t...
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Tax justice pays dividends - fair corporate taxation grows jobs, shrinks inequality - Tax Justice Network
Governments keep cutting headline corporate‑tax rates in the hope of attracting investment and “creating jobs”. Yet the most comprehensive cross‑country study to date tells a different story. It disma...
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 17/06/2025
🚫 Stop public funding for fossil fuels. As #FFD4 nears, demand real climate finance for a #JustTransition — not polluters. 🌍 Fund people. Fund the future. #EndFossilFinance #ClimateFinanceNow #FFD4People
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ESCR-Net | Red-DESC @escrnet.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
New #oped in The Diplomat: Why Asia Must Step Up to Rein in Corporate Accountability By Shohel Hajong, Debbie Stothard & Emilie Palamy Pradichit - The LBI is a chance to push back on corporate impunity. thediplomat.com/2025/06/why-...
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Why Asia Must Step Up to Rein in Corporate Accountability – Before It’s Too Late
For many countries in Asia, the Legally Binding Instrument on Business and Human Rights offers a rare opportunity to rebalance power in an international system that has long favored corporate interest...
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ESCR-Net | Red-DESC @escrnet.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
We are thrilled to announce the selected participants of our Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR) project—an 18-month journey to build collective knowledge and advocacy for care-centered, regenerative economies grounded in climate and economic justice. www.escr-net.org/news/2025/an...
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Announcement: Co-Creating Knowledge for Regenerative, Care-Centered Economies
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
While the Global South brings urgency and solutions to upcoming #FfD4, Global North governments remain absent in presence & ambition Europe is blocking progress on just debt resolution & democratic tax reform. It’s time to back UN-led financing for development centered on rights. #EraOfJustice
Cityscape of Seville, Spain under clear skies on the left, with bold white text on an orange background on the right reading: "The Global South is showing up for #FfD4. Will European countries step up?" At the bottom right corner is the logo of the Center for Economic and Social Rights.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 22/05/2025
🗣️ How can we protect #EnvironmentalDefenders?  We urge the #IACtHR to incorporate the protections from the Escazú Agreement into its Advisory Opinion on the #ClimateEmergency as a vital complementary standard to existing global and regional human rights frameworks.   #EscazúInTheIACtHR
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ESCR-Net | Red-DESC @escrnet.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
⚡ As the world shifts to renewable energy, human rights violations are often ignored—lithium and cobalt mining devastate vulnerable and Indigenous communities. Read our submission to the UN Special Rapporteur. www.escr-net.org/resources/ex...
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Exposing the Human Rights Cost of “Green” Energy: ESCR-Net Submits Input to UN Special Rapporteur on Climate Change
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ESCR-Net | Red-DESC @escrnet.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Hunger and starvation in Gaza are worsening under the devastating impact of the Israeli blockade. Over 300 civil society organizations worldwide demand that governments launch a diplomatic humanitarian convoy to Gaza. @almezan.bsky.social #alhaq_org www.escr-net.org/news/2025/un...
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Unified Call to Confront Famine in Gaza: Launch the Diplomatic Humanitarian Convoy Now
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ESCR-Net | Red-DESC @escrnet.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
🔴 Hoy denunciamos la detención arbitraria de Ruth López en El Salvador — abogada anticorrupción de @cristosal.bsky.social y una de las 100 mujeres más influyentes del mundo según #BBCMundo (2024). Criminalizar la defensa de derechos es inaceptable.
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ESCR-Net | Red-DESC @escrnet.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
📢 NEW BLOG: The Political Economy of Violence (PEV) reveals how repression, land dispossession, war, and militarization serve the interests of corporations and elites—prioritizing profit over people. 📖 Read more. Our content is available in EN, SP, FR, and AR. www.escr-net.org/news/2025/un...
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Understanding the Political Economy of Violence and the Urgency of Solidarity
On January 10, two members of Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST), Valdir do Nascimento de Jesus and Gleison Barbosa de Carvalho, were brutally assassinated in the Olga Benário settlement. This a...
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