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Litigating socio-economic rights in South Africa: A choice between corrective and distributive justice
(Pretoria University Law Press, 2009)
Christopher Mbazira's book, adapted from doctoral thesis and published by Pretoria University Law Press, is welcome addition to the growing scholarship on socio-economic rights litigation in South Africa. The book is very ...
The right to health and the nature of The right to health and the nature of socio-economic rights obligations under the African Charter The Purohit case
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2005)
The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter) guarantees a broad range of economic, social and cultural rights (socio-economic rights) as well as civil and political rights.
Enforcement of economic, social and cultural rights in Uganda
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2009)
Uganda has ratified almost all the major regional and international instruments that protect economic, social and cultural rights (ESCRs). However, a reading of the Constitution of Uganda, 1995, and other laws shows that ...
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 ...
Reading the right to food into the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights : Africa's regional developments
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2004)
The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Charter) of 1981 is the principal regional instrument protecting human and
peoples’ rights in Africa. It incorporates a wide range of socio-economic rights, including ...
The right of access to sufficient water
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2007)
This article analyses the report of the South African Human Rights Commission (the Commission) on the realisation of the right of access to sufficient water in South Africa presented in chapter eight of its Sixth economic ...
The New Partnership for Africa's Development : implications for the realisation of socio-economic rights in Africa
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2004)
The New Partnership for Africa's Development : Implications for the realisation of socio-economic rights in Africa Christopher Mbazira The realisation of socio-economic rights in Africa remains a distant goal. The majority ...
Enforcing socio-economic rights as individual rights: The role of corrective and distributive forms of justice in determining “appropriate relief”
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2008)
Different notions of justice influence the remedies that courts grant in socio-economic rights litigation. The two theories of justice discussed here derive from the philosophies of corrective and distributive forms of ...
An overview of the Constitutional Court hearing of the inner-city evictions case
(ESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa, 2007)
On 28 August 2007, the Constitutional Court heard an appeal against the decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in the Rand Properties case. This case concerns the eviction of poor people from dilapidated buildings ...
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 ...