Economic Social and Cultural Rights

803 Pages·2001·46.136 MB·English

by  Asbjorn Eide

ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND
CULTURAL RIGHTS
ATEXTBOOK
SECOND REVISEDEDITION

ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND
CULTURAL RIGHTS
A TEXTBOOK
SECOND REVISED EDITION
Editedby
Asbjern Eide
Senior Researcher,
Norwegian Institute ofHuman Rights,
Oslo, Norway
Catarina Krause
Deputy Director,
Institutefor Human Rights,
Abo Akademi Universitv,
Turku/Abo, Finland -
and
Allan Rosas
Principal LegalAdviser,
European Commission,
Brussels, Belgium
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
ABBREVIATIONS xi
CONTRIBUTORS xv
I CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES
1. .AsbiemBide & Allan Rosas
ECONOMIC,SOCIALAND CULTURALRIGHTS:
A UNIVERSAL CHALLENGE 3
2. .AsbjernBide
ECONOMIC, SOCIALAND CULTURALRIGHTS
ASHUMAN RIGHTS 9
3. MartinScheinin
ECONOMICAND SOCIAL RIGHTSASLEGALRIGHTS 29
4. SandraLiebenberg
THE PROTECTIONOF ECONOMICAND SOCIALRIGHTS
IN DOMESTIC LEGALSYSTEMS 55
5. Rodo!foStavenhagen
CULTURALRIGHTS: A SOCIALSCIENCEPERSPECTIVE 85
6. Allan Rosas
THE RIGHTOFSELF-DETERMINATION 111
7. Allan Rosas
THE RIGHTTO DEVELOPMENT 119
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II SELECTED ECONOMIC, SOCIALAND
CULTURAL RIGHTS
8. .AsbiemEide
THE RIGHTTO AN ADEQUATE STANDARDOF LIVING
INCLUDINGTHE RIGHTTO FOOD 133
9. ScottLeckie
THE HUMAN RIGHTTO ADEQUATE HOUSING 149
10. BrigitToebes
THE RIGHTTO HEALTH 169
11. CatarinaKrause
THE RIGHTTO PROPERlY 191
12. MartinScheinin
THE RIGHTTO SOCIALSECURIlY 211
13. K'iYs~ofDrzewicki
THE RIGHTTO WORK:AND RIGHTS IN WORK. 223
14. ManfredNowak
THE RIGHTTO EDUCATION 245
15. GudmundurA!fredsson
THE RIGHTTO HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION 273
16. .AsbfernEide
CULTURALRIGHTSASINDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS 289
17. GuntherHandl
HUMAN RIGHTSAND PROTECTIONOFTHE ENVIRONMENT 303
III SELECTED BENEFICIARIESAND SITUATIONS
18. KatarinaFrostell& MartinScheinin
WOMEN 331
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19. ThomasHammarberg
CHILDREN 353
20. Anne-ChristineBloch
MINORITIESAND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 373
21. JanNiessen
MIGRANTWORI<ERS 389
22. AllanRosas & MonikaSandvik-Nylund
ARMED CONFLICTS 407
IV IMPLEMENTATIONAND REALIZATION
23. AllanRosas & Martin5cheinin
IMPLEMENTATION MECHANISMSAND REMEDIES 425
24. Matthew Craven
THEUN COMMITTEEON ECONOMIC, SOCIALAND
CULTURAL RIGHTS 455
25. GudmundurA!fredsson
TECHNICAL COOPERATIONIN THE FIELDOFECONOMIC,
SOCIALAND CULTURAL RIGHTS 473
26. AllanRosas
ECONOMIC, SOCIALAND CULTURALRIGHTS
IN THE EXTERNAL RELATIONSOFTHE EUROPEAN UNION 479
27. Erika5iJlszczak
PROTECTINGSOCIAL RIGHTSIN THE EUROPEAN UNION 493
28. SiaSpiliopoulouAkermark
INTERNATIONALDEVELOPMENT FINANCEINSTITUTIONS:
THEWORLD BANKANDTHEINTERNATIONAL
MONETARYFUND 515
29. Katarina TomaJevski
INDICATORS 531
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30. .AsbjernEide
THE USEOFINDICATORSIN THEPRACTICEOF
THE COtvIMITTEEON ECONOMIC, SOCIALAND
CULTURALRIGHTS 545
31. .Asbjer»Eide
OBSTACLESAND GOALSTO BEPURSUED 553
32. CraigScot!
MULTINATIONALENTERPRISESAND EMERGENT
JURISPRUDENCEONVIOLATIONSOFECONOMIC,
SOCIALAND CULTURALRIGHTS 563
ANNEX 1.REVISED GUIDELINES REGARDINGTHE FORMAND
CONTENTSOFREpORTSTO BE SUBMITTEDBYSTATES PARTIES
UNDERARTICLES 16AND 17OFTHE INTERNATIONAL
COVENANTON ECONOMIC, SOCIALAND CULTURALRIGHTS 597
ANNEX2.GENERAL COMMENTSOFTHE COtvIMITTEEON
ECONOMIC, SOCIALAND CULTURAL RIGHTS 613
ANNEX3. SELECTED GENERAL COMMENTSOF THE HUMAN
RIGHTS COtvIMITTEE 697
ANNEX4. THELIMBURGPRINCIPLESONTHEIMPLEMENTATION
OFTHEINTERNATIONALCOVENANTON ECONOMIC,SOCIALAND
CULTURALRIGHTSANDTHEMAASTRICHT GUIDELINESON
VIOLATIONSOF ECONOMIC, SOCIALAND CULTURALRIGHTS 717
BIBLIOGRAPHY 735
TABLEOFTREATIES 767
SUBJECTINDEX 777
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thefirsteditionofthis textbookwaspublishedin 1995.Itoriginatedindiscussions
held among the Nordic human rights institutes in Copenhagen, Lund, Oslo and
Turku/Abo and benefited from financial support provided by the Ministries of
ForeignAffairs ofDenmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
The second and revised edition has been updated and revised, as well as
supplemented with a number of new chapters. These include Chapter 4 on the
domestic realization of economic and social rights, Chapter 24 on the UN
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Chapters 26 and 27 on
economic and social rights in the European Union as well as Chapter 32 on
multinational enterprises and economic, social and culturalrights. Furthermore, a
numberofchapters have beenwrittenbynewauthors asthe authorofthe chapter
in the first editionwas notin the positionofupdatingthe chapter. These chapters
are Chapter lOon the right to health, Chapter 17onhumanrights and protection
of the environment, Chapter 18 on women and Chapter 28 on international
development finance institutions. Chapter29 on indicators has notbeenupdated
forthe secondedition.Instead,ithasbeensupplementedwithanewchapteronthe
useofindicatorsinthe practiceofthe CommitteeonEconomic,SocialandCultural
Rights (Chapter 30).
Thestyleofthe secondrevised editionowes agreatdeal to the personswho
rJI
tookpartin the editorialwork for the first edition. TheresaSwinehart ashington,
D.C.) tookanactivepartinthe planningand editingprocessin 1994/1995andwas
responsible for the language and style of the first edition. Paul W Hamson
(Turku/Abo) has checkedthelanguage and styleofthe newChapters 10,18,27,28
and 30. We thank him for his excellentwork. The Institute for Human Rights at
AboAkademiUniversityanditsstaffhavebeeninstrumentalinthe editingprocess.
Weowe specialthanksto Ra!faHanski(Turku/Abo) whohasdonearemarkablejob
in the technicaleditingofthe book,includingthe subjectindex and the bibliogra
phy. Lastbutnotleast,we areindebtedto allthe authors to theindividualchapters
as well as our publisher, who once again demonstrated their willingness to
cooperate.
Oslo,Turku/Abo andBrussels
Asbjorn Eide CatarinaIvause Allan Rosas
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