Economic, social and cultural rights in action / edited by Robert McCorquodale, Mashood Baderin. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006. - 350 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I; Preface; 1. Introduction; PART 2 THE STRUCTURE AND OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE ICESCR; 2. The Rights Based Approach Model; 3. Development Planning and ESC Rights; 4. Extra-territorial Application of the ICESCR; 5. Applicability of ESC Rights to the UN; 6. ESC Rights and Non-State Actors; PART 3; 7. ESC Rights and the African Commission; 8. ESC Rights and the Inter-American System; 9. The Complaints Mechanism of the European Social Charter; 10. ESC Rights and the ECHR; 11. ESC Rights and the UK; PART 4 APPLICATION OF THE ESC RIGHTS; 12. Health; 13. Social Security; 14. Democracy; 15. Trade; 16. Development; 17. Culture.

The protection of economic, social and cultural rights is vital for everyone, no matter where they live. This volume sets out some of the important legal issues about these rights, including who has obligations, when they apply and how they are relevant to contemporary concerns, such as trade and democracy.

9780199217908 (hbk.) : �60.00 9780199217908 (alk. paper) �95.40

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United Nations. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.


International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (1966)


Cultural policy.
Economic policy.
Social rights.
Human rights.
Social rights--Government policy
Law.
International institutions
International economics
Public international law: human rights
Human rights, civil rights

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