Political indifference is as much to blame as drought for the spectre of famine's return to the Horn of Africa. Luke Holland explores the factors contributing to the crisis currently gripping the region.

A new goal to halve the number of least-developed countries by 2022 can only succeed if it is grounded within a genuine framework of human rights.

Women should have access to education, to jobs, to land and to resources, not only because it is good for the economy, but because—like men—they are entitled to these fundamental rights.

The obligation of every government is to protect, respect, and fulfill economic and social rights. Watch CESR's comments and those of our allies about the United States' responsibilities.

The agreement from the UN climate change negotiations in Cancún has received high praise, but also criticism of a crackdown on social justice activists. A look at the human rights implications.

The U.S. government presents its human rights record to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.

November 5 in Geneva: "Building Foundations for Freedom from Want in the Land of Plenty"

CESR reports back from the opening session of the UN Millennium Development Summit in New York yesterday.

Top independent human rights experts call on world leaders attending next week's UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals "to be guided by human rights."

CESR, en cooperación con el Grupo con Interdisciplinario de Derechos Sexual y Reproductivos de Guatemala y el Planned Parenthood Federation of America, han presentado un informe al Comité de Derechos Humanos (CDH) el 30 de Julio pasado sobre temas económicos y de salud que están directamente relacionados con los derechos protegidos por el Pacto Internacional del Derechos Civiles y Políticos.

CESR, in cooperation with the Multidisciplinary Group on Sexual and Reproductive Rights of Guatemala and Planned Parenthood Federation of America, submitted a report to the Human Rights Committee about health and economic issues affecting women in Guatemala, July 2010.

UN General Assembly passes a resolution declaring access to clean water and sanitation as a fundamental right.

New mechanism will ensure that victims of economic rights violations have the right to an effective remedy.

Government and NGOs present different pictures before UN Human Rights Council in Geneva

Taking Action on the United Nations' Recommendations, a side event at the 13th session of the Human Rights Council

Side event on March 4 at the 13th session of the Human Rights Council

Experts stress that access to social security and protection is not a policy choice, but rather a human rights obligation.

Work is underway on draft guiding principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights; they will examine existing international laws in relation to the human rights of people living in extreme poverty.