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Fighting for water in South Africa: public participation, water rights claiming and strengthening governance

H2Open Journal, 2022
Communities in South Africa employ a diverse range of strategies to actively claim their right to water. This paper examines two rights claiming strategies – protest and litigation – through the lens of two case studies. The first case study examines the
Thato Masiangoako, Kelebogile Khunou, Alana Potter   +2 more
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The Challenges of Redressing Violations of Economic and Social Rights in the Aftermath of the Eurozone Sovereign Debt Crisis

Göttingen Journal of International Law, 2021
The Eurozone sovereign debt crisis represented an occasion to assess whether the international, European Union, and national systems provide adequate remedies for violation of socio-economic rights caused by austerity measures.
Giulia Ciliberto
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Constitutional and legal mechanisms for the protection of private property [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2023
The article analyzes such problems of modern constitutional law as the formation of mechanisms for protecting the right of private property, as well as the potential of constitutional regulation of the institution of private property.
Lotorev Evgeny, Nosov Vladimir, Ragimova Nargiz, Zabaykalov Andrey, Svechnikova Vera, Shchukina Tatyana, Konovalov Nikolay   +6 more
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The Role of Courts in the Enforcement of Socio-Economic Rights under the 2013 Constitution of Zimbabwe

Africa’s Public Service Delivery & Performance Review, 2015
The aim of this paper is to illustrate that courts play an important role in the domestic protection of socio-economic rights. In order to ensure that socio-economic rights are effectively protected and enforced, this paper identifies and discusses the ...
N. Ndhlovu
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Protection of Socio-economic Rights under the ECHR

Teisė, 2020
The article examines to what extent and how the protection of socio-economic rights can be and is actually effected under the ECHR. This is done taking into account the fact that the protection of such rights is not a major objective of the ECHR but, in ...
Vygantė Milašiūtė
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The Promise of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (and Brexit) on the Implementation of Economic and Social Rights among EU Member States

Laws, 2021
This article examines the extent to which the inclusion of the European Union (EU) Charter of Fundamental Rights in the Treaty of Lisbon, which gives legal force to socio-economic rights as well as civil and political rights, will succeed in helping EU ...
Nirmala Pillay
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’n Beoordeling van die vernaamste kerklike en teologiese tradisies se bydrae tot die etiek van sosio-ekonomiese regte

In die Skriflig, 2009
An adjudication of the most prominent ecclesiastical and theological traditions to the ethics of socio-economical rights In this article the contribution of the Roman Catholic Church and that of the main protestant churches to the ethics of socio ...
H. M. Zwemstra
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Ensuring affordable electricity as a vital socio-economic right in South Africa [PDF]

Problems and Perspectives in Management, 2017
This article examines the socio-economic impacts and effects of unlawful electricity tariff increase in South Africa. Access to electricity is a vital socio-economic right in South Africa because of its intrinsic role in the fulfilment of other social ...
Kola O. Odeku, Simbarashe R. Gundani
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The Role of Commissions of Inquiry in Advancing Socio-economic Transformation: Traversing through the Limitations [PDF]

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
The Constitution, a cornerstone of South Africa’s legal framework, provides for socio-economic rights in an inclusive society. The Bill of Rights, a vital component of the Constitution, further advances these rights.
Norless Zibele Nodangala
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Constitutional Basis for the Enforcement of ''Executive'' Policies that give effect to Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa [PDF]

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2013
Although "executive" policies remain an important governance tool, there appears to be confusion on the status and possible basis for their judicial enforcement in South Africa.
Oliver Njuh Fuo
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