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🗓 #SAVETHEDATE | TUESDAY, APRIL 16 AT 8:00 A.M. EST (New York Time).👉 Join us in launching the Essex Human Rights Centre and ESCR-Net - International Network for Economic, Social & Cultural Rights Research Report on Debt, Corporate Capture and Climate Justice. 💰 Debt has become a powerful tool of economic imperialism through which Global North countries and corporate elites continue to control and profit from the former colonies of the Global South. Debts deepen inequalities and impoverish hundreds of societies. 🌏 This event will act as a catalyst to think about shared demands and cohesive narrative and galvanize our collective advocacy ahead of the International Monetary Fund/ The World Bank Spring Meetings by debanking and unpacking the intersection of debt and colonialism, corporate capture and the impacts on human rights and the climate crisis. 💬 The panel will be held simultaneously and interpreted in English, Arabic, and Spanish. University of Essex Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) ESCR-Net - International Network for Economic, Social & Cultural Rights Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales CELS

The #IMF and #WorldBank Spring Meetings start today through April 20. In a recent article, ESCR-Net members ponder how crippling debt burdens will shape conversations, highlighting this occasion as an opportunity to advocate for real solutions in advancing debt justice. The article also illustrates the impact of debt on essential public services, labor rights, and climate justice. https://lnkd.in/ehCK9pkH

Our Latest Newsletter is Out! 🌐 In this issue, we delve into the intersection of Debt, Corporate Capture, and Climate as we gear up for the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB), scheduled from April 15-21 in Washington DC. Read the newsletter in English: https://lnkd.in/eEbkaBtN 🔗 Check the comments to access the newsletter in Spanish, French, and Arabic.

🇧🇷 #BRASIL: Reunimos a 40 lideresas y líderes de más de 25 movimientos sociales de toda América Latina, el Caribe, Asia y África en São Luís, Maranhão. ✊🏾 En medio de ataques contra personas defensoras de derechos humanos que tienden a quedar impunes y mientras la extrema derecha continúa ganando poder en #AméricaLatina, los #movimientossociales siguen encabezando iniciativas para luchar por la justicia y la defensa de los derechos humanos. 🤲 Coorganizamos el evento con Justiça Nos Trilhos, miembro de la red y organización clave en la lucha contra el modelo de desarrollo extractivista en el estado de Maranhão. 🙌🏾¡Gracias, compas y miembros de Brasil! Y toda nuestra solidaridad con la comunidad de Santa Rosa dos Pretos por recibirnos y compartir su lucha. 🤲 ¡Obrigado , São Luís! https://lnkd.in/exp-niQs

#KENYA 🇰🇪 : 🔔Happening Next Tuesday🔔 #InactionIsInjustice The repeated failure of the Kenyan government to implement the decision of the African Commission and Court in the #Endorois and the #Ogiek cases, respectively, deepens decades of inequality, violations, and neglect. 📅 Next Tuesday, February 6th, more than 30 community representatives and activists will gather in #Nairobi to take action against violations committed by the Kenyan government against the rights of ancestral communities. 🚨Despite strong judgments issued by international courts requiring the government to make reparations to the #Ogiek and #Endorois communities for forcibly displacing them from their lands in the pursuit of tourism and conservation projects, the Kenyan government persists in denying these communities the right to return to their ancestral homes and refuses reparations for their forced eviction. #InactionIsInjustice “Kenia: Endorois and Ogiek Reparations Can't Wait Longer” Help us spread the word: https://lnkd.in/eZsBDEZQ Endorois Indigenous Women Empowerment Network | Minority Rights Group | endorois welfare council | Ogiek Peoples' Development Program (OPDP)

🇬🇹 ATENCIÓN #GUATEMALA: Hoy les pedimos al presidente de la República, y a los la Corte de Constitucionalidad y del Congreso, que garanticen la transición de poder, con la posesión de #BernardoArévalo, y ponga fin a la instrumentalización del poder judicial que viene para atentando contra la democracia en país. 🚨 En esta, condenamos enérgicamente los continuos intentos de las autoridades guatemaltecas de invalidar los resultados electorales del 20 de agosto de 2023 y de impedir que el presidente electo, Bernardo Arévalo, tomé posesión de su cargo este domingo 14 de enero de 2024. 🛑 También exigimos al gobierno que ponga fin a la criminalización de las luchas sociales y garantice los derechos de los defensores y defensoras de los derechos humanos en Guatemala. 🤚🏾 Activistas, defensoras de derechos humanos, líderes indígenas, periodistas, líderes sindicales, fiscales y jueces siguen sufriendo graves violaciones a sus derechos y han sido acusados penalmente sin fundamento por el Ministerio Público de Guatemala. https://lnkd.in/d8DMWcuz

Human rights organizations and social movements worldwide urgently call on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants to prevent the continuing commission by Israeli officials of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes against Palestinians. The organizations urge Prosecutor Khan to swiftly seek arrest warrants for President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. Read the full letter⤵ https://lnkd.in/eK7W_jBv

🌐 OUR COP28 REACTION: Lost and Damaged, Swallowed by Corporate Capture and False Climate Solutions 🌐 COP28 outcomes reveal a harsh reality. Agreements, seen by some as historic, are viewed by ESCR-Net members as just another set of false solutions where polluters and the market continue to exploit the planet and our peoples. The path laid forward perpetuates climate chaos and debt for impoverished countries. The operationalization of the Loss and Damage Fund, a culmination of 30 years of efforts, falls short with insufficient pledges totaling 770.6 million USD. Corporate capture is exposed as COP28 hosts 2,400 fossil fuel lobbyists, a 400% increase from 2022. Concerns grow about interference in decision-making. Moreover, the oppression of civil society and restrictions on freedom of speech raise alarms. Our members emphasize that it's a critical moment demanding accountability and genuine global action. 🖇 Read our members' reactions: https://lnkd.in/ewEPJHRY

From October 23rd to 27th, a delegation from ESCR-Net participated in negotiations for a binding treaty on business and human rights. Read our article to understand what was at stake during the week and why hundreds of human rights organizations, Indigenous Peoples, and communities affected by corporate violations and abuses consider this treaty crucial in ending global corporate impunity.