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Economic, Social & Cultural Rights (LAW-861-001)
Nifosi-Sutton

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Description

The course will begin with an elucidation of the concept of economic, social and cultural rights. The drafting history of the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will be examined. This exercise will allow the inference of states’ views on the nature and implementation of economic, social and cultural rights and the reasons for their neglect. The course will subsequently focus on the international regime for the protection of economic, social and cultural rights. We will analyze the significance of the 1966 International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights; the mandate and practice of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The implications of broadening the mandate of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to include consideration of individual complaints will be discussed. The course will then examine the nature of international obligations relating to economic, social and cultural rights, including international duties of non-state actors. Special attention will also be paid to the scope and legal significance of some of the provisions enshrined in the Covenant. The overview of the international regime for the protection of economic, social and cultural rights will conclude with a look at the relevant practice of regional human rights monitoring bodies such as the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights, the European Committee on Social Rights, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights. Finally, the course will dwell on state practice and consider relevant case-law from South Africa.

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Syllabus

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