Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

The Unheard Truth: World leaders must change debate on poverty and human rights - 15 October 2009

Amnesty International's Secretary General has called on world leaders and policy makers to shift the debate on poverty from economics to addressing the human rights problems that impoverish and keep people poor.

Displaced Sri Lankans trapped between the military and the impending monsoon - 8 October 2009

A quarter of a million Sri Lankans now being held in de facto detention camps are facing a humanitarian disaster as monsoon rains threaten to flood camps.

Forced eviction in Zimbabwe - 5 October 2009

Short film on forced evictions in Zimbabwe.

Forced eviction in Ghana - 5 October 2009

Short film about the Fadama slum in Accra, Ghana.

Forced eviction in Nigeria - 5 October 2009

Short film about forced eviction in the Ngofaka-polo Waterfront community Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

World Habitat Day: Governments in Africa must end forced evictions - 5 October 2009

Governments in Africa must end the practice of forced evictions that leave hundreds of thousands homeless every year, Amnesty International said on World Habitat Day, 5 October.

Forced eviction in Kenya - 5 October 2009

Short film about forced evictions from slums in Nairobi, Kenya.

Governments sign up to defend economic, social and cultural rights - 24 September 2009

Twenty states began signing an international agreement to address violations of economic, social and cultural rights at the United Nations in New York on Thursday.

Maternal death rate in Sierra Leone is a "human rights emergency" - 21 September 2009

In Sierra Leone, one in eight women risk dying during pregnancy or childbirth - one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world.

Obama renews Cuba trade embargo - 15 September 2009

US President Barack Obama has extended the trade embargo against Cuba - missing an opportunity to improve the human rights situation for people on the island.