Center for Economic and Social Rights Records, 1989-2003, bulk 1991-2003

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Series II: CESR multi-country work

Features work related to multiple countries and missions. Files are connected to CESR projects and publications on Ecuador, Palestine, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti, Honduras, Nigeria, and the Texas-Mexico border.


Subseries II.1: Ecuador, 10 folders

Features material related to CESR's early Ecuador project, including mission materials, the subsequent four CESR reports on oil pollution and human rights violations in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Also includes articles and drafts published by Sarah Zaidi and Chris Jochnick on oil and Texaco in Ecuador. Finally, includes a case study on Ecuador.



Box 6 Folder 1 Ecuador mission materials, 1993


Box 6 Folder 2 CESR Report on a Rapid Assessment of Oil Pollution, 1993


Box 6 Folder 3 CESR Report: Rights Violations in the Ecuadorian Amazon, 1993


Box 6 Folder 4 Draft: Health, environment and human rights in the Ecuadorian Oriente and oil development, 1994


Box 6 Folder 5 Zaidi: Human Health Effects of Oil Development in the Ecuadorian Amazon, 1994


Box 6 Folder 6 Article in Hoy, 1994


Box 6 Folder 7 CESR: Oil in the Rainforest, 1996


Box 6 Folder 8 Chris Jochnick Texaco Articles, 1998-1999


Box 6 Folder 9 CESR Report: From Needs to Rights, 1999


Box 6 Folder 10 Ecuador Case Study, 1999


Subseries II.2: Palestine, 6 folders

CESR publications related to Israeli jurisdiction in Palestine, the Oslo accords, Israeli occupation, the right to water, and Palestine fact sheets.


Box 6 Folder 11 CESR concering Israeli Jurisdiction in Palestinian Territories to ESCR, 1998


Box 6 Folder 12 CESR Material on Oslo Accords, 2000


Box 6 Folder 13 CESR Report: Under Siege: Israeli Human Rights Violations in Palestine, 2001


Box 6 Folder 14 CESR Palestine Fact Sheets, 2002


Box 6 Folder 15 CESR Report: Thirsting for Justice, 2003


Box 6 Folder 16 Palestine Right to Water plans, 2003


Subseries II.3: Afghanistan, 7 folders

Material related to CESR mission to Afghanistan. Includes the mission proposal, materials, and interviews. Also includes external work and research on Afghanistan.


Box 6 Folder 17 CESR mission proposal Afghanistan, 2001


Box 6 Folder 18 CESR Afghanistan fact sheet, 2001


Box 6 Folder 19 Afghanistan Mission Interviews, 2002


Box 6 Folder 20 External organizations on Afghanistan, 2001


Box 6 Folder 21-22 External analysis on Afghanistan, 2001, 2 folders


Subseries II.4: Cambodia, 1 folders

Primarily consists of a copy of the August 27-September 3, 1990 edition of The Nation featuring Roger Normand article "At the Khmer Rouge School: The Teachings of Chairman Pot."


Box 6 Folder 23 Cambodia, 1990


Subseries II.5: Haiti, 7 folders

Documents related to a 1996 research trip to Haiti. Consists of case studies and background material, trip notes and interviews, a final report with notes, and an IPS report on restoring democracy in Haiti.


Box 6 Folder 24 Haiti case study, 1995


Box 6 Folder 25 Sarah Zaidi Haiti trip notes, 1996


Box 6 Folder 26 Haiti trip interview notes, 1996


Box 6 Folder 27 Haiti paper and notes, 1996


Box 6 Folder 28 Background information on Haiti, 1996


Box 6 Folder 29 IPS Report: Restoring Democracy to Haiti, 1994


Box 6 Folder 30 Correspondence w/ Brown University on Haiti Case study, 1996


Subseries II.6: Honduras, 6 folders

Material related to gold mining in Honduras. Features a variety of background information– on both mining and Honduras, as well as legal precedent– and a series of CESR reports. There is also a UN report on Honduras in this subseries.


Box 6 Folder 31 CESR Report: The Price of Gold, 2001


Box 6 Folder 32 CESR Report: A Human Rights Critique (on mining), 2003


Box 6 Folder 33 Mining background information, 1995-2003


Box 6 Folder 34 Background for Honduras report, 2001


Box 6 Folder 35 Legal background for Honduras report, 2001


Box 6 Folder 36 UN Honduras report, 1999


Subseries II.7: Nigeria, 2 folders

Subseries includes external analysis collected by CESR on Nigeria.


Box 6 Folder 37-38 External analysis on Nigeria, 1995, 2 folders


Subseries II.8: Texas-Mexico Border, 2 folders

Holds an outline of the Texas-Mexico border project and a draft of CESR report on economic and social rights along the border.


Box 6 Folder 39 Texas-Mexico Border Project, 1996


Box 6 Folder 40 Draft of Promoting Economic and Social Rights on the US-Mexican Border, 1996