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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"International Covenant on Economic"”.
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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
Ripping away colonial ties and bursting into an era of independence, freedom and development, African states welcomed the international 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 …
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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
… a suburb of Cape Town. The property was no longer used and the WCPG wanted to generate additional financial means for the construction of an administrative building in central Cape Town. However, Reclaim The City and Ndifuna Ukwazi, two civil society organisations working around housing …
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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?
The Optional Protocol to the 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 …
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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?
This thesis addresses the right to ‘basic education' in South Africa by focusing on the 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. …
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Addressing Homelessness and Housing Crisis in Windsor-Essex County
As a longstanding democracy, 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 …
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The effectiveness of protecting children's rights in post-conflict Liberian society
This dissertation will primarily involve desk-based research to examine those provisions of the Liberian Children's Law that refer to measures preventing the use of children in armed conflict, measures protecting children from being used in armed conflict as well as measures reintegrating children …
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Indonesia and the International Bill of Rights: role and implementation
The International Bill of Rights: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, are the very foundation of international human rights law. The paramount and legal …
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An analysis of South Africa’s efforts to realise the right to health through vaccine access during Covid-19
… In South Africa, where the right to health is constitutionally enshrined, the pandemic exacerbated existing inequalities and placed significant strain on health systems and policy frameworks. The global pandemic emerged in China in December 2019 and reached South Africa in March 2020. South …
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Barriers to implementing holistic, community-based treatment for offenders with fetal alcohol conditions
The thesis contends that holistic, community-based treatment is preferable to carceral options for offenders with fetal alcohol conditions, presents emerging support for this contention, identifies barriers to the implementation of community-based treatment, and culminates with analyses of ways of …
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Housing Rights Implications of Hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Toronto and Vancouver: Towards a Legal Framework that Effectively Protects the Right to Adequate Housing in Canada
Féderation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) organizes the greatest sporting event in the history of soccer – the FIFA World Cup (FWC). The 2026 FWC starts in June 2026, with Canada, Mexico, and the US as host nations. This thesis focuses on Canada to ascertain how the hosting of the …
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The battle for policy space : strategic advantages of a human rights approach in international intellectual property negotiations
… society will benefit. The strength of protection awarded to patented products is a policy decision, allowing states to balance the monopoly rights of patent-owners against the inherent social costs of monopoly protection. The effective policy space within which states may establish domestic …
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An analysis of how Zimbabwe’s international legal obligation to achieve the realisation of the right of access to adequate housing, can be enforced in domestic courts as a constitutional right, notwithstanding the absence of a specific constitutional right of every person to have access to adequate housing
The Constitution of Zimbabwe of 2013 does not expressly guarantee every person a right to have access to adequate housing. However, the Government of Zimbabwe has an international legal obligation to achieve the progressive realisation of the right to have access to adequate housing by everyone in …
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Teisės streikuoti teisinio reglamentavimo atsiradimas ir jo evoliucija /
… phenomena like strikes to be regulated by national laws of the countries. Even in the end of the eighteenth century strike actions were forbidden by national laws. Since the middle of the nineteenth century the right to strike was emphasized. When workers right to join trade unions was …
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The implementation of the right to education in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Nigeria
This dissertation is a comparative analysis of the implementation of the right to education in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria. The context is that of education in schools and other educational institutions. The right to education is protected in numerous international and regional …
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The utilisation of ubuntu can promote accountability in public officials and state institutions as well as give effect to social solidarity in South Africa
INTRODUCTION The primary thrust of my work is to cast aside vacuous claims about ubuntu whilst emphasising the communal obligations’ focus of ubuntu. The state is duty-bound to give effect to socioeconomic rights as enshrined in the Constitution. Ubuntu, with reference to its communal obligations’ …
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The importance of administrative justice rights in international refugee law: a case study of South Africa
International human rights law instruments are not prescriptive regarding the procedure for processing refugees by an individual state. However, they do provide an extensive set of rights, and it is these rights that form the focus of this study. One of the main principles of international law is …
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Monitoring occupational and environmental health as part of the right to the highest attainable standard of health
Background: Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH) is a major contributor to global Burden of Diseases (BoD). State Parties (SPs) to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) are obligated to implement the Right to Health (RtH); which includes improving …
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Economic, social and cultural rights : general obligations in the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
… usually property ownership and work, save exceptional circumstances where individuals rely on the support of their fellow human being or institutions. Since the advent of the United Nations, access to basic goods and services has been recognised as economic, social and cultural rights guaranteed …
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The right to work in Argentina : job policy and economic rights in a worker cooperative
This thesis provides an exploration of an empresa recuperada por sus trabajadores (worker recovered enterprise, ERT) case study in Argentina in an effort to understand their impact to employment retention during economic crisis. Part of the larger social upheaval resulting from failed economic …
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