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Human rights activists frequently claim that human rights are indivisible, and the United Nations has declared the indivisibility, interdependency, and interrelatedness of these rights to be beyond dispute. Yet in practice, there remains... more
This paper argues that the development of a regime for sovereign debt workouts has created an asymmetry between the rights and interests of sovereign lenders and those of the population of a debtor state. It first analyzes the impact of... more
Abstract This dissertation examines the state of the human right to food and the post-1991 [Ethiopian] state’s compliance with its human right to food obligations as envisaged by the relevant international human rights instruments, i.e.... more
Analisando as tendências contemporâneas do Direito Público brasileiro em termos de direitos fundamentais econômicos e sociais, o presente artigo busca refutar a concepção segundo a qual o papel do Estado resume-se a assegurar somente... more
O presente trabalho tem por objetivo examinar, sob uma perspectiva crítica, a utilização da noção de mínimo existencial como um critério determinante para delimitar a exigibilidade judicial dos direitos fundamentais econômicos e sociais.... more
RESUMO A recente adoção dos Protocolos Facultativos ao Pacto de Direitos Econômicos, Sociais e Culturais (PIDESC) e à Convenção sobre os Direitos da Criança (CDC), conferindo a indivíduos a possibilidade de reclamar da violação de seus... more
This essay recognizes human rights as something more profound than legal rights. In the context of the rise of global capitalism, being faithful to human rights’ intrinsic counter-hegemonic nature requires contemplating a picture larger... more
O artigo visa a analisar se os direitos fundamentais econômicos, sociais e culturais e ambientais ostentam titularidade individual ou transindividual, e, por consequência, se a sua tutela deve ser realizada de forma isolada ou coletiva.... more
O estudo parte da premissa de que não se pode assegurar a satisfação dos direitos fundamentais sociais apenas à parcela da população que logra acesso ao Poder Judiciário, deixando à deriva todos os titulares das mesmas pretensões... more
El estudio analiza el problema de la inactividad de la Administración Pública en emitir, en un plazo razonable, decisión expresa en los procedimientos administrativos iniciados por provocación del ciudadano y cuyo objeto es la solicitud... more
La constitucionalizacion de los derechos sociales se situa en la encrucijada entre las exigencias de la democracia y las demandas de la justicia distributiva, dos cuestiones fundamentales de la filosofia politica contemporanea cuya... more
The outbreak of COVID-19 has been the topical issue amongst nations of the world for the better part of the last two months. Countries have continued to seek solutions to tackle the increasing spread of the virus which has stifled the... more
It may appear to be paradoxical to celebrate work as a human right in an economic system in which for many work is associated with activities that are rather repetitive or stressful, sometimes meaningless, and seldom freely chosen. After... more
The environmental costs of economic development have received increasing attention during the recent years. According to the World Energy Outlook 2009 today´s energy policies have a severe impact on climate change, since energy accounts... more
Using Canada as a case study, this chapter suggests a reconceptualization of the role of the judiciary in interpreting human rights. The author suggests that traditional paradigms of rights as originating outside of courts, by way of... more
This article assesses to what extent the right to academic freedom as construed in terms of international human rights law, specifically UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel of 1997, is protected in... more
This Article reports and comments on the results of an assessment of the legal protection of the right to academic freedom (an examination of its factual protection to be undertaken at a future point) in EU member states, having examined... more
"NJCM/FIAN Seminar: "Social and Economic Rights Across Borders: a Practical Exploration of the Maastricht ETO Principles', 18 September 2013, 13.00u-17.00, Campus Den Haag,The Hague. More info at: http://goo.gl/AG07ln With lectures... more
ResumenEste documento ofrece una panoramica de la situacion de los afrodescendientes latinoamericanos en aspectos tales como su identificacion en los sistemas estadisticos, la realizacion de sus derechos, las brechas de inequidad que los... more
ResumenEste documento ofrece una panoramica de la situacion de los afrodescendientes latinoamericanos en aspectos tales como su identificacion en los sistemas estadisticos, la realizacion de sus derechos, las brechas de inequidad que los... more
Presentation for The Hague Conference on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in an Age of Exits (21-22 November 2019), organised by The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia and The Hague University of Applied Sciences.
ResumenEste documento ofrece una panoramica de la situacion de los afrodescendientes latinoamericanos en aspectos tales como su identificacion en los sistemas estadisticos, la realizacion de sus derechos, las brechas de inequidad que los... more
This pioneering volume explores the long-neglected history of social rights, from the Middle Ages to the present. It debunks the myth that social rights are 'second-generation rights' – rights that appeared after World War II as... more
El debate sobre la exigibilidad de los derechos economicos, sociales y culturales (DESC) es recurrente en el seno de la actual Sociedad internacional, entre otras razones por las consecuencias que, en una economia crecientemente... more
Social and economic rights (SER) adjudication is an ever more common feature of rights-protecting democracies. Yet democratic concerns continue to be expressed: the threat of a judicialized politics, a politicized judiciary, co-opted... more
Globalisation – Key Features The UN, Globalisation and Human Rights Globalisation and the Right to Development Globalisation, Human Rights and the Workforce Globalisation and the Right to Health Globalisation and Children’s Rights... more
espanol?Son los derechos economicos, sociales y culturalesexigibles realmente? ?Su naturaleza es distinta a lade los derechos civiles y politicos? ?Que establece nuestra Constitucion al respecto? ?Cual ha sido lapostura de la... more
This report documents the process of understanding cultures and cultural transformations that embrace and promote women’s rights. It involved mapping discursive interventions across Bangladesh, Indonesia, India and Nepal.
It may appear to be paradoxical to celebrate work as a human right in an economic system in which for many work is associated with activities that are rather repetitive or stressful, sometimes meaningless, and seldom freely chosen. After... more
Presentation for The Hague Conference on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in an Age of Exits (21-22 November 2019), organised by The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia and The Hague University of Applied Sciences.
This article sets out the methodology and findings of a Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) of the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) for Mauritius. It presents analysis of possible impacts of services trade liberalisation and... more
ABSTRACT: Aim of this paper is to investigate places in the city - and buildings that shape it - where social rights embed in. The paper proposes to enhance the value of spatial dimension of rights in an innovative way for both... more
O texto esboça um panorama das fontes normativas do direito à cultura (ou dos direitos culturais), primeiramente na ordem jurídica internacional, abrangendo o sistema onusiano, tratados específicos da agência especializada da ONU para a... more
... lasting change in some of the world's poorest places. Search this site. The Right to Food: legal, political and human implications for a food security agenda. Posted in: Development Review 2010. Author: Su-ming Khoo. Article... more
This submission is prepared by the Coalition for Personal Autonomy to help the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to compose "list of issues prior to reporting" (LOIPR), the response to which will constitute... more