Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in International law
Subtitle: Contemporary Issues and Challenges
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 650
ISBN-13: 9780199685974
Subjects: International economic relations; Human rights, congresses
Description: Economic, social, and cultural rights are protected by an international covenant, recently amended by the optional protocol which allows individuals to bring rights violations before a UN committee. This book addresses how successfully these rights are implemented and safeguarded worldwide, assessing the key challenges to their protection.