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Research handbook on economic, social and cultural rights as human rights / edited by Jackie Dugard [and three others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Research handbooks in human rights.
- Research Handbooks in Human Rights
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human rights.
- Economic rights.
- Social rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2020]
- 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."
- Contents:
- Part I: The human rights framework for ESCR
- The international human rights system / Jackie Dugard
- The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Optional Protocol / Daniela Ikawa
- The African system / Lilian Chenwi
- The European system / Colm O’Cinneide
- The Inter-American System / Viviana Krsticevic
- Part II: Content of the rights
- The right to social security / Magdalena Sepúlveda
- The right to education / Faranaaz Veriava and Kate Paterson
- The right to food / Joanna Bourke-Martignoni
- The right to health / Alicia Ely Yamin
- The right to adequate housing / Stuart Wilson
- The human rights to water and sanitation / Catarina de Albuquerque and Virginia Roaf
- The right to work and rights at work / Virginia Brás Gomes
- Part III: Cross-cutting issues
- Unpacking the minimum core and reasonableness standards / Joie Chowdhury
- Progressive realization using maximum available resources : the accountability challenge / Allison Corkery and Ignacio Saiz
- Interdependence of human rights / Bruce Porter
- Advancing economic and social rights through national human rights institutions / Mario Gomez
- Economic policy and human rights / Radhika Balakrishnan and James Heintz
- The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development : opportunity or threat for economic, social and cultural rights? / Kate Donald
- The climate crisis : litigation and economic, social and cultural rights / Siri Gloppen and Catalina Vallejo.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78897-417-4
- OCLC:
- 1201266916
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