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Economic, social, and cultural rights in international law : contemporary issues and challenges / edited by Eibe Riedel, Gilles Giacca and Christophe Golay. - First published in paperback 2016. - Oxford (UK): Oxford University Press; 2016. - xxxiii, 525 pages ; 24 cm

"This book was developed based upon an experts meeting organized at the Villa Moynier in Geneva on 10 and 11 February 2011. The initiative was part of the Swiss Human Rights Chair's projects supported by the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and implemented by the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (the Geneva Academy)."--Acknowledgments.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Challenges in the protection of ESC rights in times of crisis -- International dimension of ESC rights obligations -- The relationship between ESC rights and other legal regimes -- Concepts and tools to measure thwe progressive realization of ESC rights -- Trends in the justiciability and monitoring of ESC rights at the national and international level.

ISBN: 9780198794745 0198794746 9780199685974 0199685975

LCCN: 2016479522

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB6A1267 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 017943780 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
International law and human rights--Congresses.
Social rights--Congresses.
Human security--Congresses.
International economic relations--Congresses.
Human security.
International economic relations.
International law and human rights.
Social rights.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Conference papers and proceedings.

LC Class. No.: KZ1266 / .E26 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 341.48