Research Handbook on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as Human Rights

Edited by Jackie Dugard, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Bruce Porter, Executive Director, The Social Rights Advocacy Centre, Canada, Daniela Ikawa, Legal Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative and Adjunct Professor, Columbia University, US and Lilian Chenwi, Professor, School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Contents:

Introduction to the Research Handbook on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights xviii
Bruce Porter, Jackie Dugard, Daniela Ikawa and Lilian Chenwi

PART I THE HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK FOR ESCR
1 The international human rights system 2
Jackie Dugard
2 The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and
the Optional Protocol 14
Daniela Ikawa
3 The African system 28
Lilian Chenwi
4 The European system 49
Colm O’Cinneide
5 The Inter-American System 68
Viviana Krsticevic

PART II CONTENT OF THE RIGHTS
6 The right to social security 90
Magdalena Sepúlveda
7 The right to education 114
Faranaaz Veriava and Kate Paterson
8 The right to food 138
Joanna Bourke-Martignoni
9 The right to health 160
Alicia Ely Yamin
10 The right to adequate housing 181
Stuart Wilson
11 The human rights to water and sanitation 203
Catarina de Albuquerque and Virginia Roaf
12 The right to work and rights at work 227
Virginia Brás Gomes

PART III CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES
13 Unpacking the minimum core and reasonableness standards 251
Joie Chowdhury
14 Progressive realization using maximum available resources: the
accountability challenge 276
Allison Corkery and Ignacio Saiz
15 Interdependence of human rights 302
Bruce Porter
16 Advancing economic and social rights through national human rights
institutions: Interdependence of human rights 328
Mario Gomez
17 Economic policy and human rights 351
Radhika Balakrishnan and James Heintz
18 The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: opportunity or threat for
economic, social and cultural rights? 367
Kate Donald
19 The climate crisis: litigation and economic, social and cultural rights 387
Siri Gloppen and Catalina Vallejo

Index