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Author Saul, Ben, author

Title The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights : commentary, cases, and materials / Ben Saul, David Kinley and Jacqueline Mowbray
Edition First edition
Published Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014

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Description lxiii, 1292 pages ; 26 cm
Contents Article 1 : the right of peoples of self-determination -- Article 25 : the right to freely utilize natural resources -- Article 2(1) : progressive realization of ICESCR rights -- Article 2(2) : non-discrimination -- Article 2(3) : non-nationals in developing states -- Article 3 : equal rights of men and women -- Articles 4, 5, and 24 : limitations on ICESCR rights and 'no prejudice' clauses -- Article 6 : the right to work -- Article 7 : just and favourable conditions of work -- Article 8 : trade union-related rights -- Article 9 : the right to social security -- Article 10 : the rights of families, mothers and children -- Article 11 : the right to an adequate standard of living -- Article 12 : the right to health -- Article 13 : the right to education -- Article 14 : implementation of the right to free, compulsory primary education -- Article 15 : cultural rights
Summary "One purpose of this book is to respond to this shift: to look beyond the more abstract and ideological discussions of the nature of socio-economic rights in order to engage empirically with how such rights have manifested in international practice". -- INTRODUCTION
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 1233-1241) and index
Subject United Nations. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights -- Rules and practice.
SUBJECT International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (1966 December 16) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81048169
Subject Human rights -- Cases.
Genre/Form Casebooks (Law)
Kommentar
Trials, litigation, etc.
Casebooks (Law)
Author Kinley, David (Lecturer in law), author
Mowbray, Jacqueline, author
LC no. 2013951666
ISBN 9780199640300 (hbk.)
0199640300 (hbk.)
9780198790464 (paperback)
0198790465 (paperback)
OTHER TI International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (1966 December 16) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81048169