Economic, Social and Cultural Rights : : A Textbook; Second Revised Edition /

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights : : A Textbook; Second Revised Edition / / edited by Asbjørn Eide, Catarina Krause, Allan Rosas.

The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted in the World Conference on Human Rights in June 1993, reaffirmed the indivisible and interdependent nature of all human rights. Yet the category of economic, social and cultural rights remains a subject of debate and controversy. The highly suc...

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Rosas, Allan,
Eide, Asbjørn,
Krause, Catarina,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden; , Boston : : Brill | Nijhoff,, 2001.
Year of Publication:2001
Edition:2nd rev. ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:XVI, 785 s.
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments.
  • Abbreviations.
  • Contributors.
  • I : Concepts and Principles.
  • 1. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Universal Challenge; A. Eide, A. Rosas.
  • 2. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as Human Rights; A. Eide.
  • 3. Economic and Social Rights as Legal Rights; M. Scheinin.
  • 4. The Protection of Economic and Social Rights in Domestic Legal Systems; S. Liebenberg.
  • 5. Cultural Rights: A Social Science Perspective; R. Stavenhagen.
  • 6. The Right of Self-Determination; A. Rosas.
  • 7. The Right to Development; A. Rosas.
  • II : Selected Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
  • 8. The Right to an Adequate Standard of Living Including the Right to Food; A. Eide.
  • 9. The Human Right to Adequate Housing; S. Leckie.
  • 10. The Right to Health; B. Toebes.
  • 11. The Right to Property; C. Krause.
  • 12. The Right to Social Security; M. Scheinin.
  • 13. The Right to Work and Rights in Work; K. Drzewicki.
  • 14. The Right to Education; M. Nowak.
  • 15. The Right to Human Rights Education; G. Alfredsson.
  • 16. Cultural Rights as Individual Human Rights; A. Eide.
  • 17. Human Rights and Protection of the Environment; G. Handl.
  • III : Selected Beneficiaries and Situations.
  • 18. Women; K. Frostell, M. Scheinin.
  • 19. Children; T. Hammarberg.
  • 20. Minorities and Indigenous Peoples; A.-C. Bloch.
  • 21. Migrant Workers; J. Niessen.
  • 22. Armed Conflicts; A. Rosas, M. Sandvik-Nylund.
  • IV : Implementation and Realization.
  • 23. Implementation Mechanisms and Remedies; A. Rosas, M. Scheinin.
  • 24. The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; M. Craven.
  • 25. Technical Cooperation in the Field of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; G. Alfredsson.
  • 26. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the External Relations of the European Union; A. Rosas.
  • 27. Protecting Social Rights in the European Union; E. Szyszczak.
  • 28. Internatinal Development Finance Institutions: The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund; S.S. Åkermark.
  • 29. Indicators; K. Tomaševsk i.
  • 30. The Use of Indicators in the Practice of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; A. Eide.
  • 31. Obstacles and Goals to be Pursued; A. Eide.
  • 32. Multinational Enterprises and Emergent Jurisprudence on Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; C. Scott.
  • Annexes.
  • Bibliography.
  • Table of Treaties.
  • Subject Index.

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