Social Security as a Human Right Drafting a General Comment on Article 9 ICESCR - Some Challenges
Article 9 of the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights on the right to social security is the shortest article in the entire Covenant and for that reason alone highly abstract and vague. A comprehensive analysis of the article 9 is still lacking, not least because it is widel...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2007, 2007
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2007 |
| Series: | Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Deutsches, Europäisches und Internationales Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht und Bioethik der Universitäten Heidelberg und Mannheim
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- The Right to Social Security — Current Challenges in International Perspective
- The Human Right to Social Security: Some Challenges
- The Right to Social Security and Implications for Law, Policy and Practice
- Social Security Reforms and the Right to Social Security
- The Judicial Enforcement of Social Security Rights in South Africa
- Social Security — International Standards and the Right to Social Security
- Evaluating the ILO’s Approach to Standard-Setting and Monitoring in the Field of Social Security
- Social Security for Women Workers in the Informal Economy
- Exclusion of Vulnerable Groups from Equal Access to Social Security
- Social Security Systems and the Neo-Liberal Challenge
- Evaluating Reforms in Social Security Protection
- Summary of Discussion