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High Level Panel recommendations fall short of the human rights litmus test
Statement: CESR responds to the recent report delivered by the High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Agenda, which will feed into the design of the future development framework.
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Who Will Be Accountable? Human Rights and the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Publication: A new publication by CESR and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights explains that incorporation of accountability will be fundamental to post-2015 development agenda.
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Joint statement: Human Rights for All Post-2015
A new joint statement, endorsed by 49 leading human rights and development organizations so far, calls for human rights be placed at the core of the new development agenda.
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A Matter of Justice: securing human rights in the post-2015 sustainable development agenda
Briefing: A new CESR publication argues that the human rights framework can provide operational principles and standards of conduct to ensure the post-2015 development plan delivers on its promises.
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Major advance for social justice as 'OP' comes into force
Blog: On May 5 the long-awaited Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights finally entered into force.
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Financial crisis deepens: will the lessons be learnt?
In this guest posting Martin Khor, Executive Director of The South Centre, examines the unfolding crisis in Cyprus and asks whether the lessons of the past will ever be learnt.
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UN conference hears resounding call for human rights-based governance post-2015
Blog: The need for more just forms of governance took center-stage at the UN Thematic Consultation on Governance and the Post-2015 Framework in Johannesburg last week.
Read More >> Twenty Years of Economic and Social Rights Advocacy
On 4 February 2013, CESR and the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice hosted a panel event and reception in NYU celebrating 20 years of economic and social rights advocacy.
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Irene Khan, Director General of the International Development Law Organization, discusses CESR's contribution to the field of economic and social rights and the importance of bridging gaps between the ESCR sphere and the broader social justice movement.
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Eibe Riedel, Member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), explains the work of Committee, what it needs from civil society, and the challenges it faces in implementing the new Optional Protocol
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