Social Rights and the Constitutional Moment

Koldo Casla is a Lecturer at the School of Law and a member of the Human Rights Centre of the University of Essex, UK.Magdalena Sepúlveda is the Executive Director of the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Mexico.Vicente Silva and Valentina Contreras are members of the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Chile.

• 1. Introduction: Social Rights and the Constitutional Moment Koldo Casla, Magdalena Sepúlveda, Vicente Silva and Valentina Contreras2. Yesterday’s Accomplices, Beneficiaries of Today: The Knots of Inequality Tied by the Dictatorship Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, Karinna Fernández and Sebastián Smart3. An Open Constitution to Reverse Chile’s Neoliberal Trajectory Francisca Moya and Constanza Salgado4. Advancing Equal Rights in Constitutions: Insights from 193 Countries Aleta Sprague, Pam Stek, Amy Raub and Jody Heymann5. Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa’s Constitution: Aspirations, Achievements, Disappointments and Lessons Sandra Liebenberg6. Publicity and the Rule of Law: Access to Public Information in the Political Constitution of Colombia Vivian Newman7. The Path of the Inter-American Court Towards Direct Justiciability of Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights: Impact on Domestic Legal Systems Julieta Rossi8. Constitutional Provisions on Disability Rights: National Approaches and International Context Gonzalo Moreno, Michael Ashley Stein and Jody Heymann9. Persons with Disabilities in the Chilean Constitution-Making Process Pablo Marshall, Viviana Ponce de León and Eduardo Marchant10. The Right to Education in Chile: Evolution, Critical Issues and Perspectives of Change Alfonso Henriquez R.11. Integrating the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education into the Constitution: Keys for the Chilean Process Valentina Contreras, Vicente Silva and Delphine Dorsi12. Taking the Right to Adequate Housing Seriously in Chile’s Next Constitution: Building from Scratch Koldo Casla and Verónica Valenzuela13. Health Rights in the New Chilean Constitution Alejandra Zúñiga-Fajuri14. The Right to Social Security in Chile’s Constitution: Considerations and Opportunities Alexandra Barrantes15. Environmental Issues in a New Constitution Verónica Delgado and Dominique Hervé