over the past few years amnesty international has moved towards what we call a full spectrum human rights approach...that is, rather than focusing affirmatively only upon civil and political rights (a remnant of the cold war) the world's largest grassroots human rights organization has blossomed to include the above mentioned economic, cultural, and social rights...if you read through the universal declaration of human rights you will find that each of the thirty rights can be roughly assigned to one of these five categories...
so here's a very basic primer on economic, social and cultural rights (escr)...
across the world, 840 million people are chronically malnourished...only 11 million children die before the age of five each year...over 100 million (more than half of whom are girls) do not have access even to primary education...this is not just an unfortunate reality of life...it is a human rights scandal of shocking proportions...there is therefore a responsibility to respond -- a responsibility rooted not only in the demands of human decency, but also in legally binding international human rights obligations...
human rights for human dignity is the first amnesty international publication of its kind on escr...the booklet features a variety of case studies that illustrate government obligations as the responsibilities of individuals, groups and enterprises, and explores how organizations monitor and campaign against abuses...
to read the report (html or pdf) or to request a hard copy » to learn more about aiusa's escr work or to take action »
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