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OverviewThis volume clarifies and illuminates multiple aspects of the law governing economic, social, and cultural rights, or ESC rights, by bringing together the different aspects of ESC rights, restating the challenges they face, and assessing the progress that has been made in expanding their adoption Full Product DetailsAuthor: Eibe Riedel (Emeritus Professor of German and Comparative Public Law, and European and International Law, University of Mannheim) , Gilles Giacca (Legal Adviser, International Committee of the Red Cross) , Christophe Golay (Research Fellow and Coordinator of the Project on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.20cm Weight: 0.806kg ISBN: 9780198794745ISBN 10: 0198794746 Pages: 560 Publication Date: 25 August 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsI. Introduction 1: Eibe Riedel, Gilles Giacca, and Christophe Golay: The Development of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in International Law II. Challenges in the Protection of ESC Rights in Times of Crisis 2: Mary Dowell-Jones: The Sovereign Bond Markets and Socio-Economic Rights: Understanding the Challenge of Austerity 3: Sally-Anne Way, Nicholas Lusiani, and Ignacio Saiz: Economic and Social Rights in the 'Great Recession': Towards a Human Rights-Centered Economic Policy in Times of Crisis 4: Sandra Ratjen and Manav Satija: Realizing Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights for All 5: Christine Chinkin: Gender and Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights III. International Dimension of ESC Rights Obligations 6: Takhima Karimova: The Nature and Meaning of 'International Assistance and Cooperation' under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 7: Olivier De Schutter: Corporations and Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights IV. The Relationship between ESC Rights and Other Legal Regimes 8: Hans Morten Haugen: Trade and Investment Agreements: What Role for Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in International Economic Law? 9: Holger P. Hestermayer: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in the World Trade Organization: Legal Aspects and Practice 10: Stephanie Chuffart and Jorge E. Vinuales: From the Other Shore: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights from an International Environmental Law Perspective 11: Gilles Giacca: The Relationship between Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights and International Humanitarian Law 12: Larissa van den Herik: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: International Criminal Law's Blind Spot? V. Concepts and Tools to Measure the Progressive Realization of ESC Rights 13: Aoife Nolan: Budget Analysis and Economic and Social Rights 14: Simon Walker: Human Rights Impact Assessments: Emerging Practice and Challenges VI. Trends in the Justiciability and Monitoring of ESC Rights at the National and International Level 15: Malcolm Langford: Judicial Review in National Courts: Recognition and Responsiveness 16: Ioana Cismas: The Intersection of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights and Civil and Political Rights 17: Allison Corkery and Duncan Wilson: Building Bridges: National Human Rights Institutions and Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights 18: Frannk Halderman and Rachelle Kouassi: Transitional Justice Without Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights?ReviewsAuthor InformationEibe Riedel is Emeritus Chair of German and Comparative Public Law and European and International Law at the University of Mannheim, Germany, Swiss Human Rights Chair at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, and a member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Geneva. He studied law and theology at King's College London, and law at the University of Kiel. He obtained his Dr. iuris in 1974 and Dr. iur. habil. in 1983. He has been a Professor of Public Law and International Law at the University of Mainz, then at the University of Marburg, then at Mannheim. Prof. Riedel has recently been appointed a Judge at the Hague Court of Arbitration. He is a Director of the Inland Navigation Law Institute, and the Director of the Institute of Medical Law, Bioethics and Public Health. He was Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Mannheim from 1996-2000. Dr Gilles Giacca is a Legal Adviser at the International Committee of the Red Cross. He was formerly a Research Fellow at the Law Faculty and Co-ordinator of the Oxford Martin School Human Rights for Future Generations programme. He holds a MA from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva and a LLM from the University of Essex and holds a PhD in International Law from the University of Geneva and IHEID. Between 2006 and 2012, Gilles Giacca was teaching assistant and then research fellow at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law. Gilles has advised States, international organizations and NGOs on matters of international law. He has also provided training on international law to diplomats and practitioners. His teaching interests include the law of armed conflict and international human rights law. Christophe Golay is Research Fellow and Joint Coordinator of the Project on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. From 2001 to 2008, he was the Legal Advisor to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. He teaches courses on ESC rights, the right to food, and human rights and development in different universities. He has published extensively on ESC rights in general and the right to food in particular. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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