Contextualising the international covenant on economic, social and cultural rights : : assessing the economic deficit /

Contextualising the international covenant on economic, social and cultural rights : : assessing the economic deficit / / Mary Dowell-Jones.

This work builds on existing studies of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights by reviewing the challenges to implementation posed by the evolving global macroeconomic environment. The inter-disciplinary focus adopted highlights the limits to a purely legal approach to th...

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Superior document:International Studies in Human Rights ; 80
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Dowell-Jones, Mary,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,, [2004]
©2004
Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
Series:International Studies in Human Rights ; 80.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Abstract
  • Table of Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Theory and Problems
  • A. Issues of Legal Quality
  • B. Layers of Obligation in the ICESCR:
  • i. Aspects of Immediate Obligation
  • ii. Minimum Core Content/Minimum Threshold
  • iii. Obligations to Respect/Protect/Fulfil
  • C. Residual Problems
  • D. Conclusion
  • 3. Article 2(1) ICESCR: Economic Parameters of State Obligations
  • A. 'to take steps ... by all appropriate means, including particularly the adoption of legislative measures'
  • B. 'to the maximum of its available resources'
  • C. 'to achieve progressively the full realization of the rights'
  • D. Towards a More Comprehensive Paradigm of State Obligations
  • E. Conclusion
  • 4. CESCR Practice - an Economic Deficit?
  • A. Defining the Parameters of Available Resources:
  • i. Hong Kong's Financial Reserves
  • ii. The Covenant and Congo's Catastrophe
  • B. Globalisation and Developing Countries
  • i. Trade Liberalisation: Mexico and NAFTA
  • ii. Argentina: Structural Reform and Financial Crisis
  • C. Corruption
  • D. The Minimum Wage
  • E. Future Directions for the Covenant in Advanced Economies:
  • i. European Unemployment
  • ii. Welfare Reform
  • F. Conclusion
  • 5. Contextualising the Covenant: Aspects of the Evolving Global Economic Framework
  • A. Trans-National Corporations and the Global Re-Organisation of Production
  • B. The Deregulation of Financial Markets
  • C. Conclusion
  • 6. Future Directions for the Covenant?
  • A. Structural Reform:
  • i. Reform Possibilities Within the Existing Committee Structure
  • ii. Enhancing Co-operation with the Specialised Agencies
  • iii. An Optional Protocol to the ICESCR
  • iv. More Radical Reform Options
  • B. Methodological Reform:
  • i. Focused Questioning
  • ii. Integrity of Concluding Observations
  • C. Conclusion
  • 7. Conclusion Bibliography.

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