Economic, social, and cultural rights in international law : contemporary issues and challenges / edited by Eibe Riedel, Gilles Giacca and Christophe Golay.
Description: xxxiii, 525 pages ; 24 cmISBN: 9780199685974Subject(s): International law and human rights -- Congresses | Social rights -- Congresses | Human security -- Congresses | International economic relations -- CongressesAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Economic, social, and cultural rights in international law.LOC classification: KZ1266. | E26 2014Online resources: Table of contents only| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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"This book was developed based upon an experts meeting organized at the Villa Moynier in Geneva on 10 and 11 February 2011. The initiative was part of the Swiss Human Rights Chair's projects supported by the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and implemented by the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (the Geneva Academy)."--Acknowledgments.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. Introduction
1: The Development of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in International Law, Gilles Giacca, Christophe Golay, and Eibe Riedel
II. Challenges in the Protection of ESC Rights in Times of Crisis
2: The Sovereign Bond Markets and Socio-Economic Rights: Understanding the Challenge of Austerity, Mary Dowell-Jones
3: Economic and Social Rights in the 'Great Recession': Towards a Human Rights-Centered Economic Policy in Times of Crisis, Sally-Anne Way, Nicholas Lusiani, and Ignacio Saiz
4: Realising Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights for All, Sandra Ratjen and Manav Satija
5: Gender and Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Christine Chinkin
III. International Dimension of ESC Rights Obligations
6: The Nature and Meaning of 'International Assistance and Cooperation' under the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Takhima Karimova
7: Corporations and Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Olivier De Schutter
IV. The Relationship between ESC Rights and Other Legal Regimes
8: Trade and Investment Agreements: What Role for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in international Economic Law?, Hans Morten Haugen
9: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in the World Trade Organization: Legal Aspects and Practice, Holger P. Hestermayer
10: From the Other Shore: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights from an International Environmental Law Perspective, Stephanie Chuffart and Jorge E. Viñuales
11: The Relationship between Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights and International Humanitarian Law, Gilles Giacca
12: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: International Criminal Law's Blind Spot?, Larissa van den Herik
V. New Concepts and Tools to Measure the Progressive Realization of ESC Rights
13: Budget Analysis and Economic and Social Rights, Aoife Nolan
14: Human Rights Impact Assessments: Emerging Practice and Challenges, Simon Walker
VI. Trends in the Justiciability and Monitoring of ESC Rights at the National and International Level
15: Judicial Review in National Courts: Recognition and Responsiveness, Malcolm Langford
16: The Intersection of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights and Civil and Political Rights, Ioana Cismas
17: Building Bridges: National Human Rights Institutions and Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Allison Corkery and Duncan Wilson
18: Transitional Justice Without Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights?, Frannk Halderman and Rachelle Kouassi