National Human Rights Institutions and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Brems, Eva, Gauthier de Beco, and Wouter Vandenhole, eds.

Published by Intersentia, 2013

About this Item

Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear to the pictorial cloth over boards, bright interior, unmarked. Contributions by the three editors and by Lone Lindholt, Thomas Pegram, B.C. Patel, Kofi Quashigah, Mohammad Abdo, Laurien J.L. Koster, Jozef De Witte and others. The volume examines the role of national human rights institutions (N.H.R.I.s) in monitoring economic, social, and cultural (E.S.C.) rights. It challenges the assumption that NHRIs are less effective in relation to E.S.C. rights than civil and political rights. It argues that N.H.R.I.s do play a strategic role in ensuring states' compliance not only with their obligations to respect and protect E.S.C. rights but also in addressing the obligation to fulfil them. The editors and contributors consider the ways in which the particularities of local context affect an institution's ability to effectively address E.S.C. rights and discusses the need to develop new approaches to deal with broader issues of resource allocation and socio-economic policy. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. x, 1-190 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: National Human Rights Institutions and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• Publisher: Intersentia
• Publication Date: 2013
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: As New