Economic, social & cultural rights

The ESCR research team writes on the economic, social and cultural aspects of human rights, which include economic inequality, education accessibility & quality, and the global fight for racial justice.

Combating Forced Marriage in India

This toolkit is part of HDRI’s first toolkit series and is a collective effort made by our fellow researchers Tara Adiga, Haibado Abdoulkader Yacin, Jing-Jie Chen, Juan Arturo Sánchez Sáenz and research coordinator Kriti Sharma. Published on June, 2021 The front page cover illustration is courtesy of theartist, Rouxbin Smit, and is protected by copyrights.For…

Role of Conflict and Political Dissent on the Attainment and Quality of Education

This era has marked an increase in student activism and protests happening across the globe. The implementation of school boycotts and unceasing conflicts has severely affected the future of a whole generation of children. The pronounced rise in dissent has led to education becoming a victim of its nationalism. In this paper, we shall discuss…

On the Ashes of Guatemalan Congress: Heritage, Memory and Identitarian Contention

After demonstrators set fire to the Legislative Palace on November 2020, the Congress of Guatemala qualified the attack of the National Heritage Monument, “democratic temple” and “belonging to all Guatemalans”, as a loss of historical legacy and a turning point for democracy. Why would a National Heritage Monument, belonging to all citizens, be target of…

Assessing the Impact of Covid on Public Education in India

This paper will explore the multifaceted challenges that the Indian public education system is being faced with as a result of schools closing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and will approach it from a human rights perspective. It will analyse the steps being taken by the government in public education during the pandemic, the obligations…

Should we Eliminate Child Labour in Mines? Analysing the Case of Potosi, Bolivia

This policy brief studies the case of the Cerro Rico mines in Potosí to analyse child labour, its conditions, roots and evolutions in order to better assess how to eliminate or maybe rethink this specific form of child labour in the mining industry in Bolivia. Considering the reality of child labour in Bolivia, this paper…

The differences in the Educational Achievement of Indigenous Students in Guatemalan Primary Schools

This paper analyses the differences in the academic achievement of indigenous and non-indigenous children that attend primary schools in Guatemala. A decomposition procedure suggests that a relatively small portion of the academic achievement gap is explained by the differences in the socioeconomic status of indigenous and non-indigenous families. School attributes such as monolingual education, coverage,…

An outlook on Migrant and Refugee children’s access to Education in France

The paper aims at analysing the situation of migrant and refugee children’s access to education in France. While a fundamental right, guaranteed both by international and domestic law, in practice access to education for migrant and refugee children are limited by strict immigration policies and the French educational system, which fails to include migrant and…

The Black Blocs: Political Purpose Behind Perceived Chaos

On Saturday November 16th, 2019, I set out to do an ethnographic observation of their one- year anniversary of the Gilets Jaunes protest. Their classic protest spot is the Champs Elysees, so that’s where I planned to go, but my efforts were swiftly blocked, literally and physically, by the closure of 24 metro stations in…

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