Initiative for Social and Economic Rights

Facilitating Social Justice

WE ENVISION A SOCIETY THAT ADVANCES SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE FOR ALL

OUR KEY AREAS OF FOCUS

Right to Education

Advocates for access to quality education for all children in Uganda.

Right to Health

Promotes the right to the highest attainable standard in physical and mental health as stipulated in human rights instruments.

Business & Human Rights

Enhances accountability by corporations for violations of economic, social and cultural rights

Economic Justice & Social Protection

A sound social protection system is also considered to be critical to economic inclusion and promoting human dignity.

CROSS-CUTTING AREAS

Community Participation & Social Mobilization

Access to Justice

Regional & International Mechanisms

Annual National Conference on ESCRs

LATEST NEWS

Oral Statement to 73rd Ordinary Session of African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR)

Oral Statement at the 41st Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC)

Press Statement on World Health Day, 7th April 2023

Press Statement on the inclusion of sign language interpreters in all general and regional referral hospitals

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LATEST PUBLICATIONS

Policy & Advocacy Brief

Leveraging Progressive Taxation to Fund Public Services

Public services within Uganda have remained considerably underfunded by government. A large part of this has been a result of limited revenue collections. But by taxing wealth more effectively, progressive...

Position Paper

CSO position paper on the tax bills for FY 2023-24

ISER is a member of the Ugandan Tax Justice Alliance under which we regularly submit positions on the annual tax bills that are before Parliament for approval. This particular paper...

Report

Our Future is Public: Why the IMF and World Bank Must Support Public Services

This publication argues that international financial institutions such as the World Bank and the IMF are not doing enough to protect public services, despite their rhetoric arguing the opposite.

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