Beyond Civil Rights: Developing economic, social, and cultural rights in the uk

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Author(s)
Ruxton, Sandy
Karim, Razia
Publication date
2001-01-01
Subject
Approach and methodology
Rights
Keywords
Civil society
Advocacy
Campaigning
Development methods
Country
United Kingdom

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Series
Oxfam Working Papers
Document type
Discussion paper
Description

With the implementation of the Human Rights Act in 2000, the mainly civil and political rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights are, for the first time, directly enforceable in UK law. While welcoming this significant advance, the authors argue that protection should be extended to the full range of economic, social, and cultural (ESC) rights, such as the rights to health care and to a decent standard of living. Poverty and social exclusion are presented as a denial of human rights, and ESC rights as an essential foundation of citizenship.
Table of contents
Oxfam and Justice; Executive summary; 1 Introduction; 2 The nature of ESC rights and the historical development of human rights; 3 The UK government's approach to ESC rights; 4 The European framework for promoting and protecting ESC rights; 5 The international framework for promoting and protecting ESC rights; 6 Developing NGO advocacy on ESC rights: recommendations; Appendix: Procedures and addresses for UN and ILO mechanisms; Glossary, notes, index
Pages
75
ISBN
978-0-85598-474-8
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/121170
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https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/beyond-civil-rights-developing-economic-social-and-cultural-rights-in-the-uk-121170
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