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Research handbook on economic, social and cultural rights as human rights / edited by Jackie Dugard [and three others].

Edward Elgar Law 2020 Available online

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.
Dugard, Jackie, editor.
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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