Edited by Jackie Dugard, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Bruce Porter, Executive Director, The Social Rights Advocacy Centre, Canada, Daniela Ikawa, Legal Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative and Adjunct Professor, Columbia University, US and Lilian Chenwi, Professor, School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

‘This welcome volume provides a useful, and thoughtful, resource for human rights scholars, students and practitioners of economic, social and cultural rights.’

• Contents:Introduction to the Research Handbook on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights xviiiBruce Porter, Jackie Dugard, Daniela Ikawa and Lilian ChenwiPART I THE HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK FOR ESCR1 The international human rights system 2Jackie Dugard2 The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights andthe Optional Protocol 14Daniela Ikawa3 The African system 28Lilian Chenwi4 The European system 49Colm O’Cinneide5 The Inter-American System 68Viviana KrsticevicPART II CONTENT OF THE RIGHTS6 The right to social security 90Magdalena Sepúlveda7 The right to education 114Faranaaz Veriava and Kate Paterson8 The right to food 138Joanna Bourke-Martignoni9 The right to health 160Alicia Ely Yamin10 The right to adequate housing 181Stuart Wilson11 The human rights to water and sanitation 203Catarina de Albuquerque and Virginia Roaf12 The right to work and rights at work 227Virginia Brás GomesPART III CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES13 Unpacking the minimum core and reasonableness standards 251Joie Chowdhury14 Progressive realization using maximum available resources: theaccountability challenge 276Allison Corkery and Ignacio Saiz15 Interdependence of human rights 302Bruce Porter16 Advancing economic and social rights through national human rightsinstitutions: Interdependence of human rights 328Mario Gomez17 Economic policy and human rights 351Radhika Balakrishnan and James Heintz18 The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: opportunity or threat foreconomic, social and cultural rights? 367Kate Donald19 The climate crisis: litigation and economic, social and cultural rights 387Siri Gloppen and Catalina VallejoIndex

Edited by Jackie Dugard, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Bruce Porter, Executive Director, The Social Rights Advocacy Centre, Canada, Daniela Ikawa, Legal Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative and Adjunct Professor, Columbia University, US and Lilian Chenwi, Professor, School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

‘This welcome volume provides a useful, and thoughtful, resource for human rights scholars, students and practitioners of economic, social and cultural rights.’

• Contents:Introduction to the Research Handbook on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights xviiiBruce Porter, Jackie Dugard, Daniela Ikawa and Lilian ChenwiPART I THE HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK FOR ESCR1 The international human rights system 2Jackie Dugard2 The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights andthe Optional Protocol 14Daniela Ikawa3 The African system 28Lilian Chenwi4 The European system 49Colm O’Cinneide5 The Inter-American System 68Viviana KrsticevicPART II CONTENT OF THE RIGHTS6 The right to social security 90Magdalena Sepúlveda7 The right to education 114Faranaaz Veriava and Kate Paterson8 The right to food 138Joanna Bourke-Martignoni9 The right to health 160Alicia Ely Yamin10 The right to adequate housing 181Stuart Wilson11 The human rights to water and sanitation 203Catarina de Albuquerque and Virginia Roaf12 The right to work and rights at work 227Virginia Brás GomesPART III CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES13 Unpacking the minimum core and reasonableness standards 251Joie Chowdhury14 Progressive realization using maximum available resources: theaccountability challenge 276Allison Corkery and Ignacio Saiz15 Interdependence of human rights 302Bruce Porter16 Advancing economic and social rights through national human rightsinstitutions: Interdependence of human rights 328Mario Gomez17 Economic policy and human rights 351Radhika Balakrishnan and James Heintz18 The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: opportunity or threat foreconomic, social and cultural rights? 367Kate Donald19 The climate crisis: litigation and economic, social and cultural rights 387Siri Gloppen and Catalina VallejoIndex

Edited by Jackie Dugard, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Bruce Porter, Executive Director, The Social Rights Advocacy Centre, Canada, Daniela Ikawa, Legal Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative and Adjunct Professor, Columbia University, US and Lilian Chenwi, Professor, School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

‘This welcome volume provides a useful, and thoughtful, resource for human rights scholars, students and practitioners of economic, social and cultural rights.’

• Contents:Introduction to the Research Handbook on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights xviiiBruce Porter, Jackie Dugard, Daniela Ikawa and Lilian ChenwiPART I THE HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK FOR ESCR1 The international human rights system 2Jackie Dugard2 The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights andthe Optional Protocol 14Daniela Ikawa3 The African system 28Lilian Chenwi4 The European system 49Colm O’Cinneide5 The Inter-American System 68Viviana KrsticevicPART II CONTENT OF THE RIGHTS6 The right to social security 90Magdalena Sepúlveda7 The right to education 114Faranaaz Veriava and Kate Paterson8 The right to food 138Joanna Bourke-Martignoni9 The right to health 160Alicia Ely Yamin10 The right to adequate housing 181Stuart Wilson11 The human rights to water and sanitation 203Catarina de Albuquerque and Virginia Roaf12 The right to work and rights at work 227Virginia Brás GomesPART III CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES13 Unpacking the minimum core and reasonableness standards 251Joie Chowdhury14 Progressive realization using maximum available resources: theaccountability challenge 276Allison Corkery and Ignacio Saiz15 Interdependence of human rights 302Bruce Porter16 Advancing economic and social rights through national human rightsinstitutions: Interdependence of human rights 328Mario Gomez17 Economic policy and human rights 351Radhika Balakrishnan and James Heintz18 The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: opportunity or threat foreconomic, social and cultural rights? 367Kate Donald19 The climate crisis: litigation and economic, social and cultural rights 387Siri Gloppen and Catalina VallejoIndex