Title Social security as a human right : drafting a general comment on article 9 ICESCR - some challengers / Eibe Riedel (Hrsg.)

Published Berlin ; New York : Springer, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 187 pages) Series Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Deutsches, Europäisches und Internationales Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht und Bioethik der Universitäten Heidelberg und Mannheim, 1617-1497 ; 26 Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Deutsches, Europäisches und Internationales Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht und Bioethik der Universitäten Heidelberg und Mannheim ; 26. 1617-1497 Contents The right to social security : current challenges in international perspective / Emmanuel Reynaud -- The human right to social security : some challenges / Eibe Riedel -- The right to social security and implications for law, policy and practice / Malcolm Langford -- Social security reforms and the right to social security : Latin American and Eastern Europe compared / Katharina Müller -- The judicial enforcement of social security rights in South Africa : enhancing accountability for the basic needs of the poor / Sandra Liebenberg -- Social security : international standards and the right to social security / Ursula Kulke and Germán López Morales -- Evaluating the ILO's approach to standard-setting and monitoring in the field of social security / Angelika Nußberger -- Social security for women workers in the informal economy : SEWA's Social Security Programme / Shalini Sinha -- Exclusion of vulnerable groups from equal access to social security : the case of asylum seekers in the UK / Helen Bolderson -- Social security systems and the neo-liberal challenge / Peter Bakvis -- Evaluating reforms in social security protection / Warren R. McGillivray -- Summary of discussion / Alexia Bierweiler Summary Article 9 of the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights on the right to social security is the shortest article in the entire Covenant and for that reason alone highly abstract and vague. A comprehensive analysis of the article 9 is still lacking, not least because it is widely regarded as a Pandora's box better not to be opened. Experience has shown that the quality of the state reporting procedure is greatly improved once the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights has adopted a General Comment. Thus, it seems very desirable to close this gap. For the reason, an International Expert Workshop on the Right to Social Security was held in April 2005 at the German Institute for Human Rights, whose purpose was to highlight specific issues of the right to social security which should be addressed by the Committee when drafting a General Comment on article 9. The results of this workshop are published in this volume providing an insight into the current challenges on social security as a human right Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes English Print version record In Springer e-books Subject Social security. Human rights. Social Security Human Rights POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. Human rights. Social security. Sciences sociales. Sciences humaines. Human rights Social security Sociale zekerheid. Mensenrechten. Internationaal Verdrag inzake Economische, Sociale en Culturele rechten. Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author Riedel, Eibe H. ISBN 9783540314691 3540314695 3540314679 9783540314677

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