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The right to have access to adequate housing
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2007)
T he right of access to adequate housing is important for the enjoyment of all human rights. A house is fundamental for human dignity and for physical and mental health, which are crucial for socio-economic development. ...
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.
Needs, rights and transformation: adjudicating social rights
(Stellenbosch Law Review, 2006)
One of the most contested issues in South Africa’s burgeoning jurisprudence on social rights relates to how the courts should enforce the duties imposed by these rights. Debate has focused in particular on the extent to ...
Correcting the historical asymmetry between rights : the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(African Human Rights Law Journal, 2009)
On 10 December 2008, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The Optional Protocol ensures that, just like victims ...
Taking those with special housing needs from the doldrums of neglect : a call for a comprehensive and coherent policy on special needs housing
(Law, Democracy & Development, 2007)
A growing awareness of the differentiation of need within the broad categorisation of the poor has led to an evolving focus on special needs or vulnerable groups, such as the elderly and the disabled. There is, therefore, ...
Breaking new ground : the need for a protocol to the African Charter on the abolition of the death penalty in Africa
(African Human Rights Law Journal, 2005)
The 1980s saw the drafting and adoption of international treaties on the abolition of the death penalty. In the European and Inter-American human rights systems, steps have been taken to abolish the death penalty by means ...
Enforcing housing rights
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2009)
On 27 March 2009, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) overturned a High Court judgment ordering the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (the municipality) to buy land which had been unlawfully occupied by about 76 families ...
Parallel Policies: Policies relevant to child safety
(Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention, 2007)
The Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention’s 2005 National Youth Victimisation Study indicated the need to explore existing policy impacting on children from a social crime prevention perspective within a rights-based ...
Career patterns of local politicians: The case of metropolitan mayors
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2006)
Local government is emerging as a strong third sphere of government. Within local government, metropolitan cities are coming out as powerful institutions. Meanwhile, the discussion on the role of provincial governments is ...
Court condemns political interference in municipal manager's appointment
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
Amathole District Municipality, a municipality controlled by the African National Congress (ANC), advertised the position of municipal manager. The recruitment process was subject to the municipality’s Recruitment Policy, ...