Women pluck tea leaves on a tea plantation in the Mbeya
region of Tanzania
Photograph courtesy of the United Nations (#146775C)
Photograph courtesy of the United Nations (#146775C)
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The wrong sort of rights? CESR responds to Economist article on economic and social rights
The 24 March 2007 issue of The Economist magazine carried a leader article ("Stand up for your rights") which argued that economic and social rights were "a distraction" and that no useful purpose was served by viewing basic necessities such as food, health and housing as human rights.
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A New Approach to Monitoring and Advocating for Economic and Social Rights
Economic and Social Rights: Taking Stock
Significant changes have occurred in the field of economic and social rights since the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) was established in 1993. The international community has given increasing recognition to the indivisibility and interdependence of all human rights: civil, political, economic, social, and cultural. At the same time, extraordinary progress has been made by the UN Committee on Economic and Social Rights, the UN special rapporteurs, and the academic community in elucidating the content of economic and social rights and the nature of concomitant state obligations.
