Fact Sheets and Publications

Reports & Training materials

Human Rights, Social Justice and State Law: A Manual for Creative Lawyering
Collaborative publication along with the Columbia Law School and Northeastern University School of Law
March 2008

Bringing A Human Rights Vision to Public Schools: A Training Manual for Organizers
English; Spanish
May 2007

DEPRIVED OF DIGNITY:
Degrading Treatment and Abusive Discipline in New York City and Los Angeles Public Schools
Executive Summary; Resumen Ejecutivo
March 2007

Fact Sheets

Economic and Social Rights in the U.S.
October 2006

Human Right to Health
January 2008

Human Right to Health Care
February 2008

Human Right to Education
May 2006

Human Right to Dignity in School
May 2006

Human Right to Social Security
May 2005

Workers' Compensation in New York State
September 2006

La Compensación Laboral para los Trabajadores Lesionados en el Estado de Nueva York
September 2006

Human Right to Participation of Hurricane Survivors
October 2006

Human Right to Return of Hurricane Survivors
October 2006

Issue BriefS

Betraying an American Tradition: The Killing of Charity Hospital
May 2008

Pursuing A New Vision for Health Care: A Human Rights Assessment of the Presidential Candidates' Proposals
January 2008

Stakeholder Participation: A Human Rights Imperative for Ethical Investors
April 2007

The Human Right to Housing: Access for Survivors in the Gulf
June 2006

Basic Info: Human Rights in the U.S.
April 2006

Modern Day Slavery in U.S. Agriculture: Legal Failure and Corporate Complicity
September 2005

Other NESRI Publications

No Shelter From the Storm
April 2008

Alternative Schools and Pushout: A Research and Advocacy Guide
Collaborative Publication of the Dignity in Schools Campaign
November 2007

Challenges and Potential for a Human Rights Response to Hurricane Katrina
November 2006

Hurricane Katrina and Internally Displaced Persons
December 2005

articles

A Human Rights Response to Jena: Bringing Dignity and Reconciliation to Public Schools
Twelve Ten
December 2007

Education, By Rights
YES! Magazine
Spring 2007

Reframing Discipline through Human Rights Standards
Children's Rights Newsletter
Winter 2007

Foreword: Realizing Domestic Social Justice Through International Human Rights
30 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 351
May 2006

Examining New Frameworks: The Human Right to Reproductive Health
Istantes
Summer/Spring 2005

SELECT Presentations by NESRI on Human Rights in the U.S.

Cathy Albisa presents on the Human Right to Education regarding the Jena 6 situation
Panel: Restoring the Human Right to Education: Abolishing the School to Prison Pipeline
September 20, 2007

Liz Sullivan comments on proposed changes to New York City School Discipline Code
Department of Education, Public Hearing
August 8, 2007

Cathy Albisa presents to Louise Arbour, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights about economic and social rights in the U.S.
Washington, D.C.
June 7, 2007

Bringing a Human Right to Health Care to the U.S.
ABA Summit on Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, and Social Justice
April 17, 2007

Human Rights and Social Equity Approaches to Reproductive Health in the U.S.
APHA Conference
November 7, 2006

Testimony of Catherine Albisa on behalf of NESRI for the North American Consultation on Women and Housing by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Housing, Miloon Kothari
October 15-17, 2005

Testimony of Catherine Albisa on the Human Rights for All Bill (HB706)
Massachusetts Joint Judiciary Committee Hearing
June 7, 2005

Testimony of Liz Sullivan on NYC School Discipline Code
Department of Education
August 3, 2005

Testimony of Sharda Sekaran on Universal Access to Health Care
Public hearing before members of Congress
May 14, 2005

Joint Testimony of Lucas Benitez and Catherine Albisa on Corporate Accountability in the Agricultural Sector
Hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
March 3 , 2005

Latina Health Summit
Precursor to March for Womens' Lives
April 26, 2004