A full list of STWR’s publications as well as related news, articles and blogs can be found below.
2.7 billion people did not get state aid during pandemic
Report / 17th December 2020The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures to contain it have hit millions of people hard, with poverty set to increase sharply in almost every country for the first time in decades unless action is taken now, according to a new report by Oxfam.
Covid-19 vaccines are being hoarded by rich countries – poor ones are missing out
News / 16th December 2020Lost among the jubilation of vaccine rollouts in rich countries is an uncomfortable reality: The world’s poorest countries will have to wait months and possibly years to see any doses at all.
Online event: ‘Article 25 – A people’s strategy for world transformation’
Event / Sunday, 10th January 2021A Zoom discussion hosted by STWR will discuss the reality of extreme poverty across the world, and the need for socioeconomic rights to be protected by the rule of law within every nation.
Human Rights Day: The fight for rights goes on for food and housing
Blog / 13th December 2020Campaigners are calling for a right to food and a right to housing to be given legal backing in the UK for the first time, writes Liam Geraghty for the Big Issue.
Towards a rights-based economy: Putting people and the planet first
Report / 10th December 2020A joint report by the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) and Christian Aid asks a radical question: what would it look like if we had an econmomy based on human rights?