This document is a summary of the report “Businesses and Human Rights: Inter-American Standards” prepared by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the Office of the Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (REDESCA).
This report gives an account of how public budgets are created, executed and controlled in the provinces of Córdoba, Tucumán, Mendoza and Salta, as well as the availability of information around them and the existence or not of participation mechanisms. It was carried out in conjunction with the Andhes, Nuestra Mendoza and Salta Transparente organizations.
(ONLY SPANISH) The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented global impact in the modern era. Many countries are in a health, economic and social emergency due to the negative consequences of the fight against the new coronavirus.
Undoubtedly, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established for the United Nations 2030 Agenda will be affected. In this paper we analyze some of the positive and negative impacts on the SDGs, although we anticipate that in general the outlook is negative, especially if we focus on the effects it will have on community health and the increase in inequalities due to the economic slowdown. world.
From the Network of Organizations Against Corruption (ROCC) we published a document that compiles information on what public procurement is like at the national level, in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the provinces of Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Mendoza and Salta during the state of emergency. In addition, recommendations are proposed to increase transparency and accountability in processes.
Organizations of Córdoba and from different parts of the country, we request through a document, the update of the provincial law of access to public information, according to international standards and the national law passed in 2016.
Corruption is a complex, multifaceted, social, political and economic phenomenon that affects all countries, with serious consequences. According to the World Bank “… corruption is commonly defined as the abuse of a public or private office for personal gain …”
On October 30, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) published a communiqué inviting civil society organizations and other interested social actors of the Organization of American States (OAS) to send information on the situation. of human rights in the region. This information will be used for the preparation of chapter IV A of the annual report of the IACHR corresponding to the year 2018 that will be presented to the General Assembly of the OAS.
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“Below, we offer a google translate version of the original article in Spanish. This translation may not be accurate but serves as a general presentation of the article. For more accurate information, please switch to the Spanish version of the website. In addition, feel free to directly contact in English the person mentioned at the bottom of this article with regards to this topic”.
The Supreme Court urged Congress to regular collective proceedings. In the Justice 2020 initiative of the Ministry of Justice, a proposal was drawn up that restricts the possibility of using it as a tool to guarantee rights. Therefore, Congress must bear in mind that this is a debate in which all sectors that may be affected must have participation. From the civil society we bring some brief notes to encourage debate, and the content that could have a future law of collective actions that promote human rights and users and users.
This document was prepared by:
Civil Association for Equality and Justice (ACIJ), Collective of Rights of Children and Adolescents, Legislative Directory, Foundation for the Study and Research of Women (FEIM), Women in Equality, Kaleidos Foundation, Collective Justice, ANDHES, Center for The Implementation of Constitutional Rights, ABOSEX, 100% Diversity and Rights, Fundación Huésped, Fundación Sur Argentina, Poder Ciudadano, FUNDEPS, Homosexual Community Argentina (CHA), FARN, Abogadxs Culturales, Amnesty International Argentina, ELA- Latin American Justice and Gender Team and the Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS).
This publication seeks to approach activists in DESCA a diagnosis about the main shortcomings in production and access to relevant information for the implementation of the ESCR, some witness cases that show the importance of the use of these tools in the incidence by the enforceability of These rights, current standards in the matter and levels of disaggregation requested by universal and regional treaty bodies.
El documento destaca los aspectos más importantes relacionados al derecho de acceso a la información pública en los distintos distritos de Argentina (Provincias y Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires).
Durante el mes de diciembre de 2016, llevamos a cabo un proceso de encuestas en el barrio Chacras de la Merced, con la finalidad de fotografiar la realidad del barrio actualmente. El objeto del proceso ha sido poder descubrir la percepción de los vecinos y vecinas del barrio respecto de la planta de líquidos cloacales, al mismo tiempo que de otras problemáticas que se pudieran identificar con carácter de emergencia y su gestión gubernamental.
Carta presentada ante el Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos de la Nación con objeciones al Dr. Carlos Rosenkrantz como candidato a la Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación.