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Water delivery: public or private?
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2006)
The landscape within which human rights are protected and realised has
changed dramatically in the last few decades. One of the main driving
forces for this change is economic globalisation and the weakening of ...
Enforcing the economic, social and cultural rights in the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights : twenty years of redundancy, progression and significant strides
(African Human Rights Law Journal, 2006)
The fight against poverty and underdevelopment in Africa is amongst others dependent on how successfully the socio-economic rights protected in both the regional and universal instruments are concretised. The last 20 years ...
Prisoners’ right of access to antiretroviral treatment
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2006)
Prisoners are susceptible to a number of illness and diseases due, in part, to poor living conditions in prisons (e.g. overcrowding and poor nutrition), substance abuse and sexual violence (e.g. male rape). From a health ...
The Draft Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2006)
Historically, economic, social and cultural rights (ESC rights) have received less protection through enforcement mechanisms than civil and political rights. Victims of ESC rights violations do not have the opportunity of ...