Economic Justice and Rights
The Economic Justice and Rights Division works to build just economies based on respect for human rights. We investigate how the global economic system both drives inequality that undermines human rights and enables private actors to harm communities, workers, and the environment. Our work is driven by rigorous, thorough, and objective investigations. The Poverty and Inequality program exposes policies and practices that concentrate wealth in private hands at the expense of public well-being, challenging corruption, deregulation, privatization, and the dismantling and underfunding of tax-funded systems of social protection. Our Corporate Accountability program works to ensure that products and services are free from abuse or exploitation by holding businesses accountable for the human rights impacts of their operations, investments, and supply chains. Our work illuminates opaque and diffuse global supply chains and investment flows that obscure involvement in human rights abuses—from forced labor to environmental destruction—and advocates for stronger regulation of industries at home and abroad.
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September 20, 2024
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Europe/Central Asia
September 20, 2024
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Asia
September 17, 2024
Videos
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June 12, 2024
“Lay a Strong Foundation for All Children”
Fees as a Discriminatory Barrier to Pre-Primary Education in Uganda
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June 4, 2024
Iraqis with Disabilities Excluded from Jobs
Persistent Failure to Ensure Right to Work; Quotas Unfilled
News
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September 11, 2024
UN Panel Affirms Human Rights in Mining for Renewables
Implement Guiding Principles to Bring Just Transition from Fossil Fuels
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September 10, 2024
Statement: Mauritius Extends Universal Child Benefits
Joint Civil Society Statement
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September 9, 2024
WHO: Pandemic Pact Risks Repeating Covid-19 Failures
Countries Should Revise Draft to Fully Align with Human Rights Obligations
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August 29, 2024
Lebanon: Nationwide Electricity Blackout
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August 28, 2024
Private Door to Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry
Mandatory Lobbying Disclosures and Publicly Searchable Registries Are Basic Minimum
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August 21, 2024
US/Oregon: Wildfires Threaten Pregnancies
Socially Excluded Communities Especially at Risk
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August 19, 2024
Honduras: Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
76th Session
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August 14, 2024
US: Los Angeles Criminalizes Unhoused People
Arrests, Tickets, Property Destruction Brutalize People Who Need Housing