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Ireland’s economic & social rights record under the spotlight at United Nations
by Luke Holland
October 4th, 2011
On Thursday October 6 Ireland will face the scrutiny of her peers at the United Nations as her human rights record is considered at the UPR. CESR will be present to highlight the retrogression in economic and social rights that has flowed from the government's short-sighted austerity measures.
Supporting Equatorial Guinea’s embattled rights defenders
by Luke Holland
September 20th, 2011
Despite spectacular rates of growth, the majority of Equatorial Guinea’s population continues to live in poverty. On Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 September CESR joined forces with EG Justice and several Equatoguinean NGOs to stage a capacity-building workshop in Madrid.
Rolling back economic and social rights to aid the banks? Ireland's National Recovery Plan
by Sally-Anne Way
December 13th, 2010
Should Ireland cut the protection of economic and social rights to finance this deficit? And who is bearing the burden of these cuts?
How the U.S. defended its human rights record before the United Nations
by Maria Jose Eva
November 9th, 2010
The U.S. government presents its human rights record to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
CESR to co-host event on U.S. human rights record at the UN
by Kevin Donegan
October 25th, 2010
November 5 in Geneva: "Building Foundations for Freedom from Want in the Land of Plenty"