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The optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2008)
After the fourth session of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on an optional protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), a revised draft of the protocol was produced (UN doc ...
National strategies for realising the right to food
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2008)
The right to food has received increasing attention internationally and nationally following drastic increases in food prices and widespread protests against these increases in more than 40 countries this year (FIAN ...
Towards the adoption of the international complaints mechanism for enforcing socio-economic rights under the ICESCR
(2008)
Over the years, there has been increasing support for an international complaints mechanism for socio-economic rights.
Recommendations of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing following his mission to South Africa
(2008)
The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, Mr Miloon Kothari, visited South Africa from 12 to 24 April 2007, with the aim of examining the status of the realisation of the right to adequate housing in ...
Delineating the content of the right to social security : CESCR general comment
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2008)
The right to social security is of crucial importance in protecting the most vulnerable and marginalised members of society, especially those living in dire poverty. Social assistance is essential in ensuring that persons ...
The Constitutional Protection of Those Facing Eviction from “Bad Buildings”
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2008)
The Constitutional Court’s judgment in the Olivia case, handed down on 19 February 2008, represents a victory for the occupiers of “bad-buildings” in the inner city of Johannesburg as well as other poor people facing ...
Putting Flesh on the Skeleton: South African Judicial Enforcement of the Right to Adequate Housing of Those Subject to Evictions
(Human Rights Law Review, 2008)
Access to adequate housing is one of the greatest challenges facing the South African government today. The country’s housing situation is
characterised by a severe housing shortage, a huge backlog in the provision of ...