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In light of the recent adoption of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR) and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (OP-CRPD), there is a ...
Andrea Broderick
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Human Dignity and Socio-Economic Rights
In current society, where the gap between rich and poor is widening1, human dignityis invoked very frequently in relation to socio-economic rights. We analyze in this study thejurisprudence of the Romanian Constitutional Court and the recent jurisprudence of theEuropean Court of Human Rights.
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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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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 +2 more
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Constitutional and legal mechanisms for the protection of private property [PDF]
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 +6 more
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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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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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Protection of Socio-economic Rights under the ECHR
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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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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The Enforcement of Socio-Economic Rights
In recent years the South African legislature has made a very bold attempt to improve the socio-economic conditions of citizens. Amongst others, the Social Assistance Act 59 of 1992 provides for monthly payments to citizens under certain prescribed conditions.
De Beer, R J, Vettori, S
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