The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Author: Ben Saul

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2014-03

Total Pages: 1358

ISBN-13: 0199640300

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"One purpose of this book is to respond to this shift: to look beyond the more abstract and ideological discussions of the nature of socio-economic rights in order to engage empirically with how such rights have manifested in international practice". -- INTRODUCTION.


Participation and Democratic Innovation under International Human Rights Law

Participation and Democratic Innovation under International Human Rights Law

Author: Nicholas McMurry

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-04-28

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1000864693

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This book explores the human rights principle of participation and the human right to participation. The work presents an argument that international human rights law imposes obligations to enable participation, and demonstrates that it has been interpreted in this way by authoritative bodies. Divided into four parts, Part I provides the historical and theoretical background. Part II presents the argument that a right to participation and a human rights principle of participation exist in international law and Part III argues that human rights law, and the way it has been interpreted, can provide a coherent account of the content of such a right and principle. The conclusions of the book and their implications are explored in Part IV. While there have been several studies of specific forms of participation, such as collective bargaining, this study provides a coherent account of the meaning and application of participation in international human rights law as a whole. The book will be an invaluable resource for academics, researchers, and policy-makers working in the area of international human rights law.


The Protection of Indigenous Peoples and Reduction of Forest Carbon Emissions

The Protection of Indigenous Peoples and Reduction of Forest Carbon Emissions

Author: Handa Abidin

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-07-14

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9004298630

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In The Protection of Indigenous Peoples and Reduction of Forest Carbon Emissions, Handa Abidin identifies three main approaches that can be used by indigenous peoples to protect their rights in the context of REDD-plus. Further, he discusses how the available protection for indigenous peoples in the context of REDD-plus is currently insufficient to quickly address cases where the rights of indigenous peoples have been violated through REDD-plus activities. Abidin recommends the establishment of a committee and a panel on REDD-plus that could convey greater benefits to the context of REDD-plus and indigenous peoples, as well as to wider contexts such as climate change, human rights, and international law.


Migrants and Rights

Migrants and Rights

Author: Mary Crock

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-05-15

Total Pages: 894

ISBN-13: 1351917625

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The concept of the migrant as rights bearer at law is surprisingly recent and under-developed. Migrants have traditionally been seen as outsiders, persons who are in society but not yet of society. Migrants are at best invitees, ’guests’ for whom presence in a country is a privilege. This is the first of two volumes which bring together writings which trace the evolution in thinking about migrants as legal subjects and rights holders. The articles cover: issues around state sovereignty and migrants as subjects of international law; the articulation of rights; different categories of migrants; issues around health and disability. The volume also features an extended article on the proposal for an International Migrants’ Bill of Rights (IMBR) put forward by an international consortium of academics and students. A related volume Refugees and Rights is also published as part of the series.


UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies

UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies

Author: Leena Grover

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-04-16

Total Pages: 491

ISBN-13: 1107006546

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An analysis of the UN human rights treaty bodies, their methods of interpretation, their effectiveness and issues of legitimacy.


The Human Right to Housing in the Face of Land Policy and Social Citizenship

The Human Right to Housing in the Face of Land Policy and Social Citizenship

Author: Michael Kolocek

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-08-02

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 3319534890

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This book explores the human right to housing, presenting the findings of a global discourse analysis to analyse the right to housing from the perspective of theories on land policy and social citizenship. The book concludes that planners and policy makers will not be able to completely fulfil the human right to housing. For that reason, the book presents a theory of de-commodification of land use that highlights the meaning of land use rights for people affected by inadequate housing. Students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including social policy, global social policy, human rights law, discourse theory, and sociology will find this study of interest.


Reporting Under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - Training Guide

Reporting Under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - Training Guide

Author: United Nations

Publisher: UN

Published: 2021-06-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789211542356

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Part of the Professional Training Series (No. 23), this Guide aims to assist States parties by facilitating an understanding of the rights enshrined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the corresponding obligations of the States. It is based on the provisions of the Covenant and the Committee's general comments, jurisprudence on individual communications and concluding observations on State party reports, as well as reporting guidelines, rules of procedure, working methods and other documents. The Guide provides practical tools to enhance reporting skills with respect to the Covenant and the capacity to implement the Committee's recommendations. It further serves as an analytical information and training tool for trainers to design and deliver courses on reporting to the Committee.


The Right to the Continuous Improvement of Living Conditions

The Right to the Continuous Improvement of Living Conditions

Author: Jessie Hohmann

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-10-21

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1509947841

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What does the right to the continuous improvement of living conditions in Article 11(1) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights really mean and how can it contribute to social change? The book explores how this underdeveloped right can have valuable application in response to global problems of poverty, inequality and climate destruction, through an in-depth consideration of its meaning. The book seeks to interpret and give meaning to the right as a legal standard, giving it practical value for those whose living conditions are inadequate. It locates the right within broader philosophical and political debates, whilst also assessing the challenges to its realisation. It also explores how the right relates to human rights more generally and considers its application to issues of gender, care and the rights of Indigenous peoples. The contributors deeply probe the meaning of 'living conditions', suggesting that these encompass more than the basic rights to housing, water, food, and clothing. The chapters provide a range of doctrinal, historical and philosophical engagements through grounded analysis and imaginative interpretation. With a foreword by Sandra Liebenberg (former Member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights), the book includes chapters from renowned and emerging scholars working across disciplines from around the world.


Handbook of Comparative Higher Education Law

Handbook of Comparative Higher Education Law

Author: Charles J. Russo, Ed.D., J.D., Panzer Chair in Education, University of Dayton

Publisher: R&L Education

Published: 2013-07-11

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 1475804059

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This book can serve as valuable resource for educational practitioners in higher education insofar as it provides them with an enhanced awareness of strategies that are being used to manage problems commonly faced in multiple educational settings.


INTERNAT COVENANT CIVIL POL RIGHTS 3E C

INTERNAT COVENANT CIVIL POL RIGHTS 3E C

Author: Sarah Joseph

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2013-07-25

Total Pages: 1042

ISBN-13: 0191650234

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Now in its third edition, this book is the authoritative text on one of the world's most important human rights treaties, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Covenant is of universal relevance. Adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1966 and in force from 1976, it commits the signatories and parties to respect the civil and political freedoms and rights of individuals. Monitored by the UN Human Rights Committee, the Covenant ratified by the majority of UN member states. The book meticulously extracts and analyzes the jurisprudence over nearly forty years of the UN Human Rights Committee, on each of the various ICCPR rights, including the right to life, the right to freedom from torture, the right of freedom of religion, the right of freedom of expression, and the right to privacy, as well as admissibility criteria under the First Optional Protocol. Key miscellaneous issues, such as reservations, derogations, and denunciations, are also thoroughly assessed. Comprehensively indexed and cross-referenced, this book offers elegant and straight-forward access to the jurisprudence of the Human Rights Committee and other UN human rights treaty bodies. Presented in a clear and illuminating manner, it will be of use to the judiciary, human rights practitioners, human rights activists, government institutions, academics, and students alike.