Research handbook on economic, social and cultural rights as human rights

Publication/Creation:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

Research handbook on economic, social and cultural rights as human rights / edited by Jackie Dugard (associate professor, School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa), Bruce Porter (executive director, The Social Rights Advocacy Centre, Canada), Daniela Ikawa (legal officer, Open Society Justice Initiative and Adjunct Professor, Columbia University, US) and Lilian Chenwi (professor, School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa).

Series Titles:

Research handbooks in human rights series
Research handbooks in human rights.

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Additional Author/Creators:

Dugard, Jackie, editor
Porter, Bruce, editor
Ikawa, Daniela, editor
Chenwi, Lilian, editor
Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Electronic books

Subjects:

Human rights--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Economic rights--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Social rights--Handbooks, manuals, etc
Human rights

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Contents: Introduction to the research handbook on economic, social and cultural rights / Bruce Porter, Jackie Dugard, Daniela Ikawa and Lilian Chenwi -- Part I: The human rights framework for escr -- 1 the international human rights system / Jackie Dugard -- 2 the international covenant on economic, social and cultural rights and the optional protocol / Daniela Ikawa -- 3 the African system / Lilian Chenwi -- 4 the European system / Colm O'Cinneide -- 5 the inter-american system / Viviana Krsticevic -- Part II: Content of the rights -- 6 the right to social security / Magdalena Sepúlveda -- 7 the right to education / Faranaaz Veriava and Kate Paterson -- 8 the right to food / Joanna Bourke-Martignoni -- 9 the right to health / Alicia Ely Yamin -- 10 the right to adequate housing / Stuart Wilson -- 11 the human rights to water and sanitation / Catarina de Albuquerque and Virginia Roaf -- 12 the right to work and rights at work / Virginia Brás Gomes -- Part III: Cross-cutting issues -- 13 unpacking the minimum core and reasonableness standards / Joie Chowdhury -- 14 progressive realization using maximum available resources: The accountability challenge / Allison Corkery and Ignacio Saiz -- 15 interdependence of human rights / Bruce Porter -- 16 advancing economic and social rights through national human rights institutions: Interdependence of human rights / Mario Gomez -- 17 economic policy and human rights / Radhika Balakrishnan and James Heintz -- 18 the 2030 agenda for sustainable development: Opportunity or threat for economic, social and cultural rights? / Kate Donald -- 19 the climate crisis: Litigation and economic, social and cultural rights / Siri Gloppen and Catalina Vallejo -- Index.

Summary:

"This exciting Research Handbook combines practitioner and academic perspectives to provide a comprehensive, cutting edge analysis of economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR), as well as the connection between ESCR and other rights. Offering an authoritative analysis of standards and jurisprudence, it argues for an expansive and inclusive approach to ESCR as human rights. Expert contributors discuss ESCR-related structures and mechanisms in the international, regional and domestic spheres, and chapters explore the details, interpretations and current developments of each thematic right, illustrating the critical cross-cutting and fault line issues relating to global ESCR. Taking a far-sighted approach, contributors critically assess the failure of dominant human rights paradigms to address ESCR and/or create a framework for multilateral responses to emerging global threats, arguing that a robust, reinforced ESCR approach and practice is needed to meet the human rights challenges of the 2020s. This Research Handbook is a valuable contribution to the human rights field. Providing an overview of ESCR-related systems, cases and challenges around the world, it will be particularly beneficial for advocates, scholars and students interested in international human rights as well as to lawyers and judges considering ESCR in the context of domestic law. International and local NGOs and human rights organizations will also find this an essential guide on mechanisms to advance ESCR as human rights"--

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (456 pages).

General Note:

Includes index.

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Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937234025902486

ISBN:

9781788974172 (e-book)