Contents
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.1.3 The obligation of result .............................................................................703
5.1.4 The obligation to give effect: the provision of domestic remedies ...................704
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, 1981 ..............................705
American Convention on Human Rights, 1969, and
Additional Protocol in the Area of Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights, 1988 .......................................................................................706
European Social Charter, 1961, and European Social Charter
(revised), 1996...................................................................................................706
6.
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Are they Justiciable? ....................707
7.
Case Study I: The Right to Adequate Housing ...........................................710
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
8.
Case Study II: The Right to Health...............................................................730
8.1
8.2
8.3
9.
Introductory remarks.......................................................................................710
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights:
article 11(1)........................................................................................................711
7.2.1 Persons covered by the right.......................................................................712
7.2.2 Interpretative approach, including interdependence of rights ........................713
7.2.3 The concept of adequacy............................................................................713
7.2.4 Immediate legal obligations .......................................................................714
7.2.5 Domestic remedies ....................................................................................715
7.2.6 Forced evictions ........................................................................................716
Relevant European case law: The Selçuk and Asker case ............................719
Relevant domestic case law: The example of South Africa .......................721
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights:
article 12.............................................................................................................730
8.1.1 The normative content of article 12(1) ......................................................731
8.1.2 The meaning of the provisions in article 12(2)...........................................732
8.1.3 The obligations of States parties................................................................734
8.1.4 The core obligations ..................................................................................736
8.1.5 Violations of article 12 ............................................................................737
8.1.6 Implementation at the national level..........................................................738
Relevant domestic case law I: The example of Canada..............................740
Relevant domestic case law II: The example of India ................................744
The Role of Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers in the Protection of
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Lessons Learned ..........................748
10. Concluding Remarks .......................................................................................748
Chapter 15
Protection and Redress for Victims of Crime and
Human Rights Violations ............................................749
Learning Objectives.................................................................................................749
Questions ..................................................................................................................749
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