NESRI: National Economic & Social Rights Initiative

Fact Sheets and Publications

Reports & Training materials

Teachers Talk: School Culture, Safety and Human Rights
Collaborative publication along with Teachers Unite
October 2008

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

Human Right to Health and Health Care
August 2009

Single Payer Human Rights Analysis 2
Fact Sheet, June 2009

Single Payer Human Rights Analysis 1
Fact Sheet, June 2009

Human Right to Housing no. 2: The Right to Development
February 2009

The Role of Human Rights Protections in Sustainable Food Systems
August 2008

Human Right to Housing no. 1: The Right to Housing
July 2008

Human Right to Health Care
February 200

Human Right to Health
January 2008

Human Right to Education
May 2006

Human Right to Dignity in School
May 2006

Human Right to Participation of Hurricane Survivors
October 2006

Human Right to Return of Hurricane Survivors
October 2006

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

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 Social Security
May 2005

Issue BriefS

A Human RIghts Assessment of Single Payer Plans - Toward the Human Right to Health Care: The Contributions of Single Payer Proposals
May 2009

Ten Human Rights Principles for Financing Health Care
Longer Version >>> Shorter Version >>>
March 2009

Embedding the Human Right to Health Care in U.S. State Constitutions: A Progress Review and Lessons for Advocates
February 2009

There is No Place Like Home: Revisiting Our Commitment to Housing the Poor
October 2008

Human Right to Health Care: Nominees' Plans Lag Behind Public Demands
August 2008

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 Publications

Challenging Chipocrisy: "Food With Integrity" Must Respect Farmworkers' Human Rights
An Alliance for Fair Food report prepared by NESRI
October 2008

No Shelter From the Storm
April 2008

Amicus Brief, Pedro Lozano et al v. Hazleton
April 2008

Bringing Human Rights Home
Edited by Catherine Albisa, Martha Davis and Cynthia Soohoo
December 2007

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

From Market Competition to Solidarity? Assessing the Prospects of U.S. Health Care Reform Plans From a Human Rights Perspective
Health and Human Rights Journal
July 2008

Bulldozing Rights: When does Redevelopment become a Violation of Rights?
Center for Social Inclusion Winter Newsletter
December 2007

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.

Preliminary Human Rights Assessment of the Senate and House Health Care Reform Bills
Presentation, December 2009

Tiffany Gardner presents at the International Conference "Rebuilding Sustainable Communities for Children and Their Families After Disasters"
November 18, 2008

Cathy Albisa presents at the National Lawyers Guild Convention
Towards a Human Rights Vision for People's Lawyers in the United States
October 19, 2008

Cathy Albisa presents at the Left Forum
Why Human Rights are an Alternative for Progressives
March 15, 2008

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