Publications
Over three decades, CESR has published more than 150 pieces that have shaped debates on human rights and economic policies. Browse our database of factsheets, reports, case studies, and more.
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Abusive Tax Practices of Companies and Human Rights in the Americas
Abusive corporate tax practices are a structural obstacle to human rights fulfillment in the Americas.
Submission to the OECD regarding the tax challenges of digitalization and possible solutions
Submission by the Initiative for Human Rights Principles and Guidelines in Fiscal Policy in Latin America to the OECD.
Egypt Social Progress Indicators: Urbanization
There are a number of policy areas that need substantial improvements to ensure Egypt’s urban development plans are sustainable and contribute to social progress.
Egypt Social Progress Indicators: Labor
There is a need for broad policy change to improve socioeconomic wellbeing, labor conditions and employment outcomes in Egypt.
Egypt Social Progress Indicators: Economic Policy
The ESPI Factsheet on Economic Policy demonstrates that the Egyptian economy has significant room for improvement when it comes to directing economic policy priorities towards improving socioeconomic wellbeing.
Beyond Boundaries: Allying human rights with other struggles for social and economic justice
The August 2018 international convening identified strategies for more dynamic engagement between economic and social rights actors and others working for similar goals.
Center for Economic and Social Rights Brochure
CESR promotes socioeconomic and development policies that reduce inequality and realize economic and social rights, and we support efforts by civil society and affected communities to claim their rights.
Beyond Boundaries Convening Summary Report
The summary report is available in pdf format here
Austerity in the Midst of Inequality Threatens Human Rights in South Africa
Enjoyment of the rights laid out in the South African Constitution remains elusive for the majority of people.
Joint Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for South Africa’s first period report, 64th Session, October 2018
South Africa submission explores the State's obligation to use “maximum available resources" and argues against austerity.
Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2018
Spotlight Report 2018 asserts that fundamental policy changes are necessary for the SDGs to meet their potential.
What are the obstacles to sustainable development? HLPF postcards illustrate national level lessons
Country postcards produced for the High-Level Political Forum draw attention to systemic obstacles impeding the SDGs.
Executive summary of report to IACHR on fiscal policies and ESCR in Latin America
Executive summary for the thematic hearing on fiscal policy in Latin America for IACHR sessions.
Mapping evidence in national litigation on economic and social rights
Courts rely on specialized evidence like technical data in pursuing an economic and social rights claim.
Spanish austerity violates health, housing, sexual and reproductive health and rights
Factsheet demonstrates how Spanish austerity disproportionately affects vulnerable populations.
Colombia: Fiscal Policy, Peace and Human Rights
Colombia is in the process of entering the OECD, but lags on indicators in social and fiscal areas.
OPERA in Practice: Silenced Minds - The Systemic Neglect of Mental Health in Kenya
CESR and partners used OPERA to monitor the government's fulfillment of the right to mental health.
OPERA in Practice: Defending Reproductive Rights of Angolan Women
CESR and partners' submission to CEDAW about women's reproductive rights in Angola.
OPERA in Practice: Human Rights in Ireland's Economic Meltdown
CESR analyzed Ireland’s economic crisis and subsequent austerity policies.
OPERA in Practice: Visibilizing Rights in Post-Revolutionary Egypt
CESR compiled a factsheet as a snapshot illustrating rights realization in Egypt in 2013.
Assessing Austerity: Monitoring human rights in fiscal crises
Slide presentation to UN Human Rights Council on "Assessing Austerity: Monitoring Human Rights in Fiscal Crises"
Executive summary of joint submission to UN CESCR for Spain review, March 2018
Report denounces cuts depriving health, housing, work, sexual and reproductive health rights.
Full submission to UN CESCR for Spain review, March 2018
El informe denuncia los recortes que privan a la salud, la vivienda, el trabajo y los derechos de salud sexual y reproductiva.
Assessing Austerity: Monitoring the Human Rights Impacts of Fiscal Consolidation
Practical guidance for policymakers seeking to address the foreseeable human rights consequences of austerity.
Agenda 2030: overview of opportunities to strengthen international and regional human rights frameworks
Remarks by CESR Executive Director Ignacio Saiz at the "Human Rights and Agenda 2030" event in Wilton Park, UK.
Rough Guide to World Development Report: Governance and the Law
Recommendations on how activists can use the WDR to advance economic and social rights.
Briefing for IACHR’s Report on Poverty and Human Rights in the Americas
IACHR briefing on relevance of fiscal policies for reducing poverty and human rights violations in the Americas.
Brazil's Human Rights Advances Imperiled by Austerity Measures
Human rights advances in Brazil are at risk from the government's severe austerity measures.
Fiscal Impoverishment in the United States: Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Poverty and Human Rights
CESR’s formal submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Philip Alston, ahead of his official visit to the United States. The submission warns that the proposed tax plans will only deepen poverty and inequality within the U.S., while also enabling transnational tax abuse and therefore undermining the ability of countries around the world to invest in human rights.