Economic, Social and Cultural Rights:A Textbook
A Textbook
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 1994
Book
Hardback
508 pages
978-0-7923-3277-0 (ISBN)
Description
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 successful first edition of this book was the first comprehensive textbook on internationally recognized economic, social and cultural rights. While focusing on this category of rights, it also analysed their relationships to other human rights, civil and political rights in particular.
This second edition updates and revises the fist, and supplements it with a number of new chapters. These include chapters on the domestic realisation of economic and social rights, on the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, on economic and social rights in the European Union as well as on multinational enterprises and economic, social and cultural rights. Furthermore, a number of chapters have been written by new authors such as the chapters on the right to health, on human rights and protection of the environment, on women and on international development finance institutions.
The highly successful first edition of this book was the first comprehensive textbook on internationally recognized economic, social and cultural rights. While focusing on this category of rights, it also analysed their relationships to other human rights, civil and political rights in particular.
This second edition updates and revises the fist, and supplements it with a number of new chapters. These include chapters on the domestic realisation of economic and social rights, on the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, on economic and social rights in the European Union as well as on multinational enterprises and economic, social and cultural rights. Furthermore, a number of chapters have been written by new authors such as the chapters on the right to health, on human rights and protection of the environment, on women and on international development finance institutions.
Reviews / Votes
"[...] the essays in this volume are of a high standard [...] a worthwhile addition to any law library or to lawyers interested in human rights." - in: Nordic Journal of International Law"At last a thorough textbook covering this category of human rights has arrived [...]." - in: Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights
"[...] the consideration of some controversial issues (such as the right to property and the right to self-determination) is a welcome innovation." - in: European Law Review
"This is a collection of chapters, nicely organized into a robust text for teaching an emerging subset of human rights law (ESC rights). In the European tradition, the editors have collated the analyses of many writers in the field to produce an edited work product which yields rather complete coverage in its thirty-two chapters." - in: ASIL Newsletter UN21 Interest Group (January 2002)
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Content
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. Akermark.
29. Indicators; K. Tomasevski.
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.
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. Akermark.
29. Indicators; K. Tomasevski.
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.