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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"and cultural rights"”.
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Constitutionalizing Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in the New Millenium
… a polemic 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 …
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Constitutionalizing Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in the New Millenium
… a polemic 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 …
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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
Summary: Food, health care, housing and water are basic goods and services necessary to lead a dignified life. The main means of accessing basic goods and services are usually property ownership and work, save exceptional circumstances where individuals rely on the support of their fellow human …
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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
… 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 rights and …
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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 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 …
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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?
… 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. To provide answers to these questions, the situation in South Africa regarding …
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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
… of non-repetition (GNR) in international law and to consider how to apply GNR in violations of the right to health. GNR are, together with compensation, restitution and satisfaction, forms of reparation. Although international tribunals and UN bodies have increasingly made use of this form of …
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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
… contours of peoples, indigenous peoples and minorities 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 …
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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
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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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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Has the ‘best interests of the child' principle been applied to children's rights in Botswana on maintenance, custody and adoption matters?
… in Botswana are subject to all these laws and systems. At international level, Botswana has 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 …
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The effectiveness of protecting children's rights in post-conflict Liberian society
… in such violence in their past in light of CRC standards. Reference will also be made to scholarly contributions on children's rights in postconflict societies, reports on and documentation of the condition of child rights in Liberia and the relevant international and regional human rights …
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Shaky structures on solid foundation : the impact of low-income state-subsidised housing on the realisation of the right to adequate housing in post-apartheid South Africa
… its roots in the work of the Urban Foundation and others, who significantly shaped the discussions in the National Housing Forum, where South Africa's first post-apartheid housing policy was formulated. As a result low-income housing policy is centred on the use of capital subsidies allocated …
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