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Jabulani Zulu and 389 Others v eThekwini Municipality and Others CCT 108/13
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2014)
On 6 June 2014, the Constitutional Court handed down judgment in the case of Jabulani Zulu and 389 Others v eThekwini Municipality and Others.
South African Human Rights Commission, 2014 - report on the Rights of Access to Sufficient Water and Sanitation
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2014)
On 11 March 2014, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) launched a long-awaited report, titled 'Water and Sanitation, Life and Dignity: Accountability to People who are Poor'. It highlights the constitutional ...
UN Security Council Resolution 2122 (2013) - women, rule of law and transitional justice
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2014)
The UN Security Council passed Resolution 2122 (2013) that aims to strengthen women's role in all stages of conflict prevention and post-conflict reconstruction. The resolution seeks to amplify women's voices at the peace ...
The potential of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as a tool for poverty reduction in South Africa
(ESR Review, 2014)
Together the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(ICESCR; hereafter ‘the Covenant’) represent the fundamental human rights commitments ...
Universal jurisdiction and South Africa's perspective on the investigation of international crimes
(South African Law Journal, 2014)
Universal jurisdiction is an important yet contentious jurisdictional principle in international law, despite more than 100 states worldwide having universal jurisdiction legislation (Amnesty International Universal ...
Poverty, women and the human right to water to grow food
(ESR Review, 2014)
The global community is united in its commitment to remove the scourge of world poverty. One core factor to achieve this is access to water
from which poor people, especially women, draw multiple benefits. Such benefits ...
When poverty is not a sin: an assessment of the Human Rights Council's guiding principles on poverty and human rights
(African Journal of International and Comparative Law, 2014)
There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it ... In the final analysis, the rich must not ignore the poor because both rich and poor are tied in a single garment ...
The African Women's Protocol and sexual rights
(The International Journal of Human Rights, 2014-11)
‘Sexual rights’ are defined to include the rights of all persons free of coercion, violence and discrimination to the highest attainable standards of sexual health, including access to sexual and reproductive health care ...
'Jumping the queue', waiting lists and other myths : perceptions and practice around housing demand and allocation in South Africa
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2014)
On 13 and 18 June 2014, the Socio-Economic Rights Project of the Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, held roundtable discussions in Cape Town and Johannesburg on housing demand and allocation in South Africa.