Add to ORKGOn 10 December 2008, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The Optional Protocol ensures that, just like victims of civil and political rights violations, victims of economic, social and cultural rights violations have access to remedies at the international level. This article examines the Optional Protocol, starting with the historical background and its content, highlighting some of the main issues of controversy.International Bibliography of the Social Science
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Socio-economic rights have been largely neglected in international human rights law. Misconceptions ...
On 10 December 2008, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the Optional Protocol t...
Historically, economic, social and cultural rights (ESC rights) have received less protection throug...
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The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the 'Op...
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Progress in human rights is one of the hallmark achievements of the last century. In 1914, more than...
Article first published online: 28 Sep 2011How should we understand the cultural politics that has s...
Socio-economic rights have been largely neglected in international human rights law. Misconceptions ...
On 10 December 2008, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the Optional Protocol t...
Historically, economic, social and cultural rights (ESC rights) have received less protection throug...
This Introductory Note to the publication in ILM of the newly-adopted Optional Protocol to the Inter...
The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the 'Op...
In an earlier article in the ESR Review (Chenwi & Mbazira, 2006) we indicated that governments were ...
On 10 December 2008, coinciding with the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Righ...
This article analyses the impact that some of the United Nations special procedures, namely those fo...
Commentators and practitioners increasingly emphasise that redressing violations of economic, social...
As a response to the divide in International Law between civil and political rights and social and e...
The universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of all rights have been unive...
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Commission), established by the African Cha...
A review of: Indivisible Human Rights. By Daniel Whelan. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Pr...
Progress in human rights is one of the hallmark achievements of the last century. In 1914, more than...
Article first published online: 28 Sep 2011How should we understand the cultural politics that has s...
Socio-economic rights have been largely neglected in international human rights law. Misconceptions ...