Human rights as indivisible rights : : the protection of socio-economic demands under the European Convention on Human Rights / / by Ida Elisabeth Koch.

• Superior document: International studies in human rights, v. 101
• Author: Koch, Ida Elisabeth.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: International studies in human rights ; v. 101.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (362 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

It is usually assumed that economic, social and cultural rights are two different kinds of rights. Despite this dichotomous perception of human rights we talk about human rights as indivisible, interrelated and interdependent. The purpose of the book has been to examine how the European Court of Human Rights perceives of the indivisibility notion as a legal phenomenon. This is done by analysing five different socio-economic rights: the right to health, the right to housing, the right to education, the right to social cash benefits and various work related rights. The examination clearly illustrates that the Court perceives of human rights as indivisible rights and this integrated approach to human rights protection and its further potential is discussed from a hermeneutic perspective.

Table of Contents

Background to and purpose of the study -- Typological and terminological considerations -- Considerations on intertextuality and permeability -- Theoretical and methodological considerations -- The right to health under the ECHR -- The right to housing under the ECHR -- The right to education under the ECHR -- The right to social cash benefits under the ECHR -- Work-related rights under the ECHR -- Socio-economic demands as justiciable rights : the issue of power balance -- The relation between the ECHR and the ESC/RESC -- Concluding forward-looking observations.