The series begins with a variety of documents related to CESR's general work. These include published descriptions of CESR from the organization and the publication Portavoz [Spokesman], meeting agendas and minutes, drafts of articles, and internal materials such as media lists and press releases. There is also a folder containing information and correspondence surrounding the Iraq Sanctions Project. Subseries in this series include materials from workshops, UN documents, correspondence, sponsored programs such as the Right to Water and the Women's Economic Equality Project, and documents related to their US based work.
Box 7 Folder 1
About CESR, 2003
Box 7 Folder 2
Portavoz Article, 1995
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Ad Hoc Committee on Children's Health in Iraq, 1996
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African Commission Event, 1997
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Honduras Mining Meeting, 2001
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Iraq Sanctions Project, 2001
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Working draft: Children at Risk, 2000
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Fawzi + Zaidi Lancet Article, 1995
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Internal how to resources, 2003
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Media lists and press release, 2000
Subseries III.1: Workshops and training, 4 folders
Consists of material from CESR workshops and human rights training programs, an important component of the organization's early human rights work. There are two human rights workshops, one from 1995 and one from 2001. There is an additional workshop on mining in Honduras. Some of the material is in Spanish.
Box 7 Folder 11
CESR Workshop, 1995
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CESR Workshop/ training materials, 2001
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Humans Rights Training and open discussion, 2001
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Honduras Mining Workshop, 2001
Subseries III.2: UN Materials, 4 folders
UN documents, beginning with UN human right's work from 1969. The subseries then moves to material from the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights from 1997. These materials include short articles and speeches.
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UN Documents, 1969
Box 7 Folder 16
UN ESCR, 1997
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ESCR Speeches and Shorts, 1997
Subseries III.3: Correspondence, 10 folders
Correspondence between members of CESR and other individuals/organizations. Much correspondence relates to a dispute with the Lancet surrounding inaccurate data found in a 1995 article. There is a sizable amount of correspondence from Anna Cody, the coordinator for programming at Centro de Derechos Económicos y Sociales while it was located in Brooklyn, New York.
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Correspondence over excess death calculation, 1995
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Correspondence w/ the Lancet, 1995-1996
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Correspondence b/w Jean Lennock and Richard Garfield w/ article, 1996
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Correspondence about oil, 1996
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Correspondence b/w Chris, Phoebe, and Michael about Tex-Mex Project, 1997
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Alex Taylor Correspondence, 2001
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Correspondence b/w Ayliz Baskin and Mahdis Keshavarz, 2002
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Anna Cody correspondence in Spanish, 2002
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Jacob Park Correspondence, 2003
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Miscellaneous correspondence
Subseries III.4: Sponsored programs, 0.625 linear feet
Material related to four sponsored programs: Right to Water, the Women's Economic Equality Project (WEEP), the US Poor People's Campaign, and Centro de Derechos Económicos y Sociales (CDES). Material on Right to Water features fact sheets, the program's agenda, the Right to Water declaration and convention, contact information, and information on the program and gender. There is also substantial material from CDES including newsletters, publications, workshops and an alternative proposal for debt relief in Ecuador. CDES branched off from CESR and is now independent.
Box 8 Folder 1
Right to Water, 2002
Box 8 Folder 2
Right to Water Fact Sheets, 2002
Box 8 Folder 3
Right to Water Agenda on Water, 2002
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Right to Water Gender, 2001
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Right to Water General Comments, 2002
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Right to Water Ghana Mission, 2002
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Right to Water Declaration and Convention, 2002
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Right to Water Contacts and Groups, 2002
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Women's Economic Equality Project (WEEP), 2001
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US Poor People Campaign, 2002
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CDES Petition to IACHR, 2000
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CDES: An Alternative Proposal for Debt Relief in Ecuador, 2000
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CDES Newsletters, 2000
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CDES Publications, 2000
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CDES Workshops, 2000
Subseries III.5: General human rights articles, 6 folders
Articles and materials related to shifting perspectives in human rights and the need to reform the field. Also includes documents on the right to education and legal dicta.
Box 8 Folder 18
Human rights reforms articles, 1996
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Human rights law dicta/articles, 1994
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Right to education, 2002
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ESCR documents, 2003
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New Schemas for Human Rights Articles, 1997
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Miscellaneous human rights articles
Subseries III.6: US Human Rights Work, 9 folders
CESR work in the United States. Includes fact sheets, work on US housing rights, the right to health in the US, and documents related to the situation of taxi drivers in New York City. Also includes a case from the New Jersey Supreme Court and the Petition by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights from 2003.
Box 8 Folder 24
US Housing Rights, 1996
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Human rights in the USA, 2002
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US Health Fact Sheets, 2002
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The Right to Health in the USA, 2004
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The Human Rights USA National Strategic Planning Meeting, 1997
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New Jersey Supreme Court Brief, 2002
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taxi driver materials, 2001
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Petition by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, 2003