Research Handbook on International Law and Social Rights 2nd ed

Name: Research Handbook on International Law and Social Rights 2nd ed
Brand: Edward Elgar Publishing
SKU: 9781035355662
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Author: Christina Binder; Jane A. Hofbauer; Flávia Piovesan, Amaya Úbeda de Torres
ISBN: 9781035355662

Edited by Christina Binder · Jane A. Hofbauer · Flávia Piovesan, Amaya Úbeda de Torres

Coming Soon Edward Elgar Publishing Available September 2026

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ISBN-13: 9781035355662
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication: September 2026
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This thoroughly revised and updated second edition of the Research Handbook on International Law and Social Rights provides an in-depth discussion of current debates at the intersection of these topics. Expert contributors analyse the use of social rights as a tool to fight inequality and protect diversity.

Broadening the geographical and thematic coverage of the first edition, this Research Handbook introduces new chapters on social rights protection in Asia and for marginalised groups such as Indigenous peoples, women and migrants. Recontextualising the scope of the book in light of global developments including Russia’s war on Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic, contributing authors examine the history, nature and current status of social rights at the universal and regional level. They also address the impact of emerging global challenges on social rights, covering algorithmic governance, AI and climate change and explore how social rights frameworks respond to instability, inequality and ecological limits.

This expansive Research Handbook is a valuable resource for students and academics specialising in social rights in international human rights law and other fields of public international law. It is also beneficial for lawyers, NGOs and state officials concerned with the enforcement and implementation of social rights.

Introduction: international law and social rights – six years on, the challenges have grown xxi; Christina Binder and Jane A Hofbauer (on behalf of the editors); PART I GENERAL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND SOCIAL RIGHTS; 1.
Social rights in international law – categorization versus indivisibility 2: Manfred Nowak; 2.
The nature of social rights as obligations of international law – resource availability, progressive realization and the obligations to respect, protect, fulfil 19: Veronika Bílková; 3.
Justiciability and social rights 44: Amaya Úbeda de Torres; 4.
The extraterritorial application of social rights 59: Elif Askin; PART II THE PROTECTION OF SOCIAL RIGHTS IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW; Section A Universal Protection; 5.
Social rights protection under the ICESCR and its Optional Protocol – the role of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 88: Zdzisław (Dzidek) Kędzia; 6.
Social rights protection through UN human rights treaties beyond the ICESCR 116: Thomas Kleinlein; Section B Regional Protection; 7.
Social rights in the African system for the protection and promotion of human and peoples’ rights 135: Frans Viljoen; 8.
The complex emergence of social rights in Asia: are they for development or for claiming? 167: Mike Hayes; 9.
The European Social Charter 189: Karin Lukas; 10.
Social rights in the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights 205: Christina Binder; 11.
The protection of social rights by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 224: Flávia Piovesan, Mariela Morales Antoniazzi and Julia Cortez da Cunha Cruz; 12.
Social rights in the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights 243: Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor; Section C Social Rights as a Tool to Fight Inequality and to Protect and Ensure Diversity; 13.
The social rights of Indigenous peoples 273: Manuel Góngora-Mera; 14.
Social rights of minorities 292: Aristoteles Constantinides; 15.
Engendering social rights: women’s rights under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights through the lens of intersectionality and times of crises 315: Andrea Broderickand Nozizwe Dube; 16.
Migrants and social rights 338: Natalie Sedacca; 17.
LGBTIQ+ persons and social rights 356: Andreas R Ziegler, Raphaël Bagi and Leo Barnard; 18.
Enforcing workers’ rights against state and corporate actors in international law 372: Nicolas Bueno and Ingrid Landau; PART III THE IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF SOCIAL RIGHTS; 19.
The role of domestic actors in the implementation and enforcement of social rights 397: Andreas Th Müller; 20.
The role of civil society organizations in the protection of social rights 419: Daniela Ikawa; 21.
The proceduralization of social rights: access to information, justice and remedies 434: Yota Negishi; 22.
Guarantees of non-repetition and structural change: a transformative remedy for social rights? 450: Philipp Janig; 23.
Cities and social rights: exploring the intersection 467: Maša Kovič Dine; PART IV CHALLENGES TO SOCIAL RIGHTS; 24.
Social rights, public values, and private code: crafting judicial and regulatory checks on privatized welfare algorithms 487: René Urueña; 25.
Artificial intelligence and social rights 506: Irène Couzigou; 26.
Social rights in armed conflict situations 520: Amrei Müller; 27.
Breaking with the economic growth paradigm – planetary boundaries and the future of social rights 544: Jane A Hofbauer; 28.
Climate change and social rights 563: Markus P Beham; PART V SOCIAL RIGHTS IN PERSPECTIVE: INTERLINKAGES WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL REGIMES; 29.
Three narratives on international trade law and social rights 582: Navina Hasper and Holger Hestermeyer; 30.
Financial institutions and social rights: it’s complicated 598: Matthias Goldmann; 31.
International labour law and social rights – the Inter-American Court of Human Rights case law concerning workers’ rights 625: Julieta Lobato