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Third State Obligations under the ICESCR: A Case Study of EU Sugar Policy [PDF]
Nordic Journal of International Law, 2007 AbstractObligations incumbent on other states than the domestic state party under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) are contested. By way of case study, the third state obligation to respect under the ICESCR is identified and clarified through a human rights assessment of the EU sugar regime.
Vandenhole, Wouter, Vandenhole, W.J.A.
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Human Rights Law Review, 2022 Abstract Since 2013, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights can examine individual communications under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). This opens up the possibility to interpret Covenant provisions in a thorough manner.
Grohmann, Nils-Hendrik (Dr. iur.)
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Institutional Challenges and Political Costs in the US Failure to Ratify the ICESCR [PDF]
Berkeley Undergraduate Journal, 2020 On the international stage, the United States has played an active political role in the drafting process of international human rights treaties that shape both how human rights are framed and enforced. However, the United States has politically struggled to implement these international human rights treaties on a domestic level.
Hamidi, Emmanuel +2 more
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State Reservations to the ICESCR: A Critique of Selected Reservations
Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 2008 As of 18 April 2008, 42 of the 158 States parties to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR or the Covenant), constituting about 27 percent of the States parties to the Covenant, had, between them, entered several declarations and reservations of varying significance to their acceptance of the obligations under the ...
Manisuli Ssenyonjo
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Another brick in the wall: The student housing crisis in the UK and the ICESCR [PDF]
Netherlands Quarterly of Human RightsThe financialisation of housing has been extensively critiqued by human rights proponents. One of the latest asset classes created by financialisation is student accommodation, reflecting the growing perception of students as a profitable consumer market.
Katie Morris
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The “Right to Take Part in Cultural Life” Under Article 15 of the ICESCR
International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 1998 The fans' representatives also had some thoughts on the televising of games and pay-per-view television. They proclaimed “the right of fans to watch football matches on television without having to pay extra, since they take place in public arenas which have been paid for by the citizens ...
O'keefe, Roger, Roger O'Keefe
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The Optional Protocol to the icescr, Homelessness and Moral Hazard: The Alternative Adequate Housing Requirement in the cescr’s Jurisprudence – an Incentive Not to Pay for Housing? [PDF]
, 2023 Over 75 per cent of the jurisprudence under the op-icescr deals with the right to housing as laid down in Article 11 of the icescr. States parties should provide adequate alternative housing after evictions.
Vols, Michel, Michel Vols
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Informed Consent as a Human Right in the Inter-American Human Rights System (IAHRS). [PDF]
Dev World BioethABSTRACT Informed consent is presented as a fundamental right and principle in modern medical practice. It involves obtaining permission from a patient before any medical procedure, treatment, or research protocol. Although not explicitly recognized as a standalone right in international human rights instruments, informed consent in healthcare is ...
Bernal-Camargo DR, Gómez-Córdoba AI.
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Comments on first draft of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), 4th Periodic Report for Ireland 2020 [PDF]
, 2020 This submission relates to two key areas of the draft first report of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on Ireland's 4th periodic report under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR): (1) the domestic ...
Thornton, Liam
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Realizing Fee-Free Higher Education in South Africa; Dreams and Nightmares
The Journal of Quality in Education, 2022 The component of free rudimentary education is guaranteed and recognized by the 1996 Constitution, the African National Congress (ANC) Freedom Charter as well as other international instruments such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR ...
Isaiah Mmatipe Sefoka
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