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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in International Law, 2nd Edition

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in International Law, 2nd Edition

Author: Manisuli Ssenyonjo
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781849466073

Previous Edition ISBN: 9781841139159
Published In: October 2016
Format: Paperback , 640 pages
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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Since the first edition (published in 2009), there have been several important developments including the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on individual communications and significant developments in the case law on economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights.

The second edition addresses these developments and explores ESC rights from foundational issues to substantive rights and systems of protection. It has been fully updated to include new material and up-to-date coverage of the case law of human rights bodies and national courts on ESC rights. In addition to the rights to health, education and work covered in the first edition, the second edition analyses new developments such as trade union rights, the right to an adequate standard of living, the right to social security and the right to take part in cultural life.

It also considers the relationship of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) to other areas of international law; admissibility under the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR; regional protection of ESC rights; more examples of the domestic protection of ESC rights; the protection of ESC rights of vulnerable groups; and contemporary challenges to ESC rights including poverty, armed conflicts and terrorism.

Part I: Reflections on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

1. The International Legal Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

2. State Obligations Under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

3. Beyond the State: Non-State Actors and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

4. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights

5. The Domestic Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Protected in International Law

6. State Reservations to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

7. Women's Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Part II: Substantive Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

8. Right to Work and Right to Just and Favourable Conditions of Work: Articles 6, 7 and 8

9. Rights to an Adequate Standard of Living and Social Security: Articles 11 and 9

10. The Right to Health: Article 12 11. The Right to Education: Articles 13 and 14

12. Cultural Rights: Article 15

Part III: Conclusion 13. The Right of Victims of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Violations to an Effective Remedy: Towards a World Court of Human Rights

Manisuli Ssenyonjo is Professor of International Law and Human Rights at Brunel University.