Title on cover and spine: Social rights at European, regional and international level : challenges for the 21st century.

Includes bibliographical references.

Social rights beyond the national level -- A short genealogy of social rights -- The European Social Charter and monitoring its implications -- European Union charters and social rights -- Social rights and the European Union secondary legislation -- Social rights on the American continent -- Social rights in the African Charter of human and peoples' rights : Is monitoring their application a premature question? The example of Gabon -- The role of the International Labour Organization in implementing social rights -- The control system of the ILO international conventions and the role of the Committee of Experts -- The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the monitoring of its enforcement -- The European Social Charter and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights -- The impact of the European Convention of Human Rights on the jurisdictionalisation of the European Committee of Social Rights -- Comparison between the European Social Charter and the social law in the European Union -- Fundamental social rights and the French judge -- Implementation of the fundamental social rights established by the ILO and the United Nations -- The protection of social rights in international law and their domestic application : a critical analysis of the situation in Japan -- ILO social rights and the international financial organizations -- Free competition and social rights : a hellish couple or a possible conciliation? -- Social rights at the time of globalisation : can they be maintained and achieved? -- Values to guarantee and challenges to take while respecting the diversity of cultures.