Table of Contents

Part I. Overview: 1. The justiciability of social rights: from practice to theory Malcolm Langford; 2. The challenges of crafting remedies for violations of socio-economic rights Kent Roach; 3. The right to legal aid in social rights litigation Andrea Durbach; Part II. Select National Jurisdictions: 4. South Africa Sandra Liebenberg; 5. India S. Muralidhar; 6. South Asia Iain Byrne and Sara Hossain; 7. Colombia Magdalena Sepúlveda; 8. Argentina Christian Courtis; 9. Brazil Flavia Piovesan; 10. Venezuela Enrique Gonzalez; 11. Canada Martha Jackman and Bruce Porter; 12. The United States Cathy Albisa and Jessica Schultz; 13. Hungary Malcolm Langford; 14. France Laurent Pech; 15. United Kingdom Jeff A. King; 16. Ireland Aoife Nolan; Part III. Regional Procedures and Jurisprudence: 17. African regional human rights system Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa; 18. The inter-American commission on human rights Tara J. Melish; 19. The inter-American court of human rights Tara J. Melish; 20. European court of human rights Luke Clements and Alan Simmons; 21. The European committee of social rights Urfan Khaliq and Robin Churchill; 22. European court of justice Philippa Watson; Part IV. International Human Rights Procedures and Jurisprudence: 23. Committee on economic, social and cultural rights: past, present and future Malcolm Langford and Jeff A. King; 24. Committee on the elimination of racial discrimination Nathalie Prouvez; 25. Human rights committee Martin Scheinin; 26. Committee on the elimination of discrimination against women Leilani Farha; 27. Committee on the rights of the child Geraldine Van Bueren; Part V. Special Topics: 28. The international labor organization Colin Fenwick; 29. Liability of multinational corporations Sarah Joseph; 30. The World Bank inspection panel Dana Clark.

Promotional Information

The book is the most comprehensive in its area and analyses many jurisdictions that have received little attention.

About the Author

Malcolm Langford is Research Fellow and Director of the Human Rights and Development Research Group at the Norwegian Centre on Human Rights at the University of Oslo. With numerous articles and books on human rights, economics, and law, he is a recognized expert in the field of economic, social, and cultural rights. He advises a wide range of UN agencies on human rights and development issues and has drafted a number of key international standards. He previously worked at the Geneva-based Centre on Housing Rights and Eviction (COHRE), where he founded an international litigation program.

Reviews

"This book provides eloquent testimony to the fact that the debate about the justiciability of social rights has come of age."
--Philip Alston, Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law