Get involved
Help us to build a fairer and more just society in the UK by getting involved in our work.
Economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) are the rights of everyday life. Respecting, protecting and fulfilling them is essential if we are to create a fairer and more just society across the UK.
Just Fair exists to champion these rights. You can too.
You can take action to champion these rights by:
#1. Using economic, cultural and social rights in your campaigns to hold the UK Government and public authorities to account.
#2. Joining the campaign to incorporate economic, social and cultural rights into domestic law.
#1. Holding Uk Government and Public Authorities to account
For civil society activists and organisations campaigning against poverty, inequality and injustice.
If you work in social justice, we offer support so that your campaigns to hold public authorities to account are even more effective.
We want more people to know that the rights of everyday life belong to all of us. The UK Government has the obligation to respect, protect and fulfil economic, social and cultural rights because it ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in 1976.
We can help you use these rights in your campaigns through our resources, training and networks.
Our regular training sessions support activists to use rights in their campaigns and lobbying.
We are currently inviting London-based organisations and groups to apply for the London Human Rights Community Programme. It will focus on how human rights can help make change in your community.
How to hold the UK Government to account
1. Learn about human rights framing
Human rights are a powerful campaigning tool, but most of us don’t use them much – and we’re missing out!
Rights don’t replace ethical or policy arguments but can strengthen them.
2. Use rights resources in your campaigns
The UN published a checklist to test if a policy complies with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Download the checklist and our campaign advice.
3. Share evidence and experience
Hold those in power to account by getting involved in processes that monitoring the UK’s human rights record. See examples of this in our recent submission to the UN.
4. Develop your expertise
We offer free training to help build knowledge and skills around ESCR.
5. Join the movement
Keep up-to-date with our campaigns by following us on X (Twitter) and Facebook, and signing up for our newsletter.
#2. Incorporating economic, social and cultural rights into UK law
For policy-makers, politicians and organisations campaigning on poverty, inequality and injustice.
Despite our international commitments, our everyday rights are not protected in domestic law and there is no process to hold decision-makers to account.
We are campaigning to change this, and are convening a network to persuade and encourage our elected representatives to change the law.
You can join this campaign and help make sure our everyday rights are protected in domestic law.
Interested in joining our campaign? Want to ask a challenging question?
Just email Helen Flynn, Just Fair’s Head of Policy, Research and Campaigns.
What do economic, social, and cultural rights mean?
Read our Plain English version of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
Check out our blogs, which explore the different facets of ESCR, including the right to work, social security, an adequate standard of living, health and education.
Explore our research and resources on a wide range of rights-based issues.
What can I do?
I’m a policy-maker or politician.
You can find out what incorporating economic, social and cultural rights into UK law could mean for policy and legislation.
Ask us challenging questions and let’s discuss what these rights might mean for policy development and legislation.
Email Helen Flynn,Just Fair’s Head of Policy, Research and Campaigns.
I’m part of an organisation campaigning on poverty, inequality and injustice.
Adding your voice and expertise to the ESCR incorporation campaign will increase our collective impact and bring forward the day when people’s economic, social and cultural rights are more effectively respected, protected and fulfilled.
Email Helen Flynn,Just Fair’s Head of Policy, Research and Campaigns.
You can also support our work to ensure that everyone in the UK can thrive.
We currently rely on a group of funders who share our values and offer invaluable support. The importance of work means that we need to ensure other avenues of support.
A donation – no matter how small – will make a difference.
Your donation will help…
- Increase human rights expertise in the sector by subsidising a delegate for one of our training courses
- Raise awareness of rights by printing copies of our resources such as, Human Rights: Not a Game
- Enable us to employ more talented experts in the Just Fair team
- Improve access to our development resources through a website project
Let’s work together
We want to work with civil society organisations across all areas of rights to make change happen.
As partners we could help you make human rights a central part of your campaigns, co-author submissions and reports; share expertise; organise events; and develop your human rights expertise.
Find out how we work by emailing us.