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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"Cultural rights"”.
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Constitutionalizing Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in the New Millenium
… debate about whether economic, social, and cultural rights should be included in national constitutions. Because economic, social, and cultural rights appeared to require significant political decision-making directly related to resources and economic priorities, critics contended that they …
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Constitutionalizing Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in the New Millenium
… debate about whether economic, social, and cultural rights should be included in national constitutions. Because economic, social, and cultural rights appeared to require significant political decision-making directly related to resources and economic priorities, critics contended that they …
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Protection of economic, social, and cultural rights in Europe in the 21st century
Economic, social, and cultural rights which are fundamental, and essential for the dignity and well-being of individuals and communities, are recognized by international law and are protected at both the universal and regional levels. The Doctoral thesis consists of two parts. In Part I …
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Economic, social and cultural rights : general obligations in the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
… has been recognised as economic, social and cultural rights guaranteed in international human rights treaties. State parties have undertaken the international obligations to give effect to these rights. The treaties were adopted within the framework of international organisations. The pioneer …
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The international covenant on economic social and cultural rights: a critical examination of the relative importance of resource constraints on benchmarks and benchmarking processes in the African context
… movement for the development of a global human rights system in the 1950s and 60s. The pillars of this system ushered in rights that, it was hoped, would fully sever the stronghold of colonialism over African economies, cultures and governments.1 Accession, ratification, and translation of the …
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To sell or not to sell? An analysis of the Tafelberg sale in the light of the right to adequate housing in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
… society organisations working around housing rights and social justice, criticised the sales decision. They called for the property to be used for the development of affordable housing in order to help addressing the lack of affordable housing in central Cape Town. Eventually, they challenged …
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The potential impact of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the realisation of socio-economic rights in the international arena: what can be learnt from the justiciability of socio-economic rights in South Africa?
… International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the 'Optional Protocol' or the 'OP-ICESCR') has recently been adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations. This document establishes a new complaints procedure for economic, social and cultural rights ('ESCR') within the …
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An evaluation of whether South Africa fulfils the requirements of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: To what extent is South Africa obliged to realise the right to basic education, and to what extent is South Africa meeting those obligations?
… International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). To what extent South Africa is bound by this treaty and whether it is fulfilling its obligations are the central questions of the thesis. To provide answers to these questions, the situation in South Africa regarding the …
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Guarantees of Non-Repetition and the Right to Health: Review of the Law and Evolving Practice of Judicial and Semi-Judicial Bodies at Global and Regional Levels
… obligation. Moreover, as economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) are often targeted with the claim that their redress requires complex and expensive forms of reparation, there is a lack of clarity as to whether GNR are applicable to this type of rights and, if they are, how so. This thesis …
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Individual and collective rights in Africa and their interrelationships with economics and politics
… relationships between various groups of human rights, and the effect of globalization and the state on human rights protection. Two hypotheses are examined in path analysis of fifty-two African counties. The first hypothesis considers the proposition that economic, social, and cultural rights …
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The rights of the Ahwazi people in Iran: historical claims, contemporary reality and future prospects
… that are relevant to the determination of the rights of the Ahwazi people in Iran. It argues that the international minority and indigenous peoples' rights frameworks do not fit the needs and aspirations of the Ahwazis in light of their historical claims and current grievances and reality. It …
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The implementation of the socio-economic rights provisions of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights at the national level : a case study of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
… of the implementation of the socio-economic rights provisions of the African Charter on Human and Peoples‘ Rights (ACHPR) at the national level, in a case study of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These rights which comprise the right to property, the right to work, the right to health, …
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Addressing Homelessness and Housing Crisis in Windsor-Essex County
… Canada has been a staunch advocate for human rights, including the right to affordable housing. By ratifying the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in 1976 and assenting to the National Housing Strategy Act in 2019, Canada affirmed its commitment to the …
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Monitoring occupational and environmental health as part of the right to the highest attainable standard of health
… International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) are obligated to implement the Right to Health (RtH); which includes improving environmental and industrial hygiene, prevention, treatment and control of epidemic and occupational disease etc. Research shows that …
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Has the ‘best interests of the child' principle been applied to children's rights in Botswana on maintenance, custody and adoption matters?
… acceded to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and has ratified several other international and regional human rights instruments. The UNCRC is an international treaty which lays down the social, economic, political, civil, health and cultural rights of all children. It is …
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A critical analysis of the judicial attitude to the right to culture in the context of African customary laws
… prioritise common law principles/state law over cultural rights, thereby undermining genuine legal pluralism. The research further critiques legislative and policy efforts to reconcile African customary law with common law, arguing that such measures often impose Western legal values on …
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Redefining, Crafting, and Re/Presenting Contemporary Ethnicities: Honduran National Identity, 1994–2006
… been steadily gaining partial recognition of cultural rights; yet often official discourses of national identity continue to subsume cultural traditions of indigenous and Afro-descendant communities. Honduras's heterogeneous ethnic pluralism has historically been combined to promote a more …
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