Social rights and international development : global legal standards for the post-2015 development agenda /: global legal standards for the post-2015 development agenda. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Markus Kaltenborn.
• Authors: Kaltenborn, Markus
• Contents: Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Social Rights as a Legal Framework for International Development Strategies; Abstract; References; 2 Legal Sources of Social Rights and Implementation Mechanisms at the International Level; Abstract; 2.1 The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; 2.2 Social Rights Obligations in Special Human Rights Treaties; 2.3 The Protection of Social Rights by Charter-Based Bodies; 2.4 Regional Human Rights Instruments in Developing Countries; 2.5 Social Rights and International Soft Law; References. 3 Social Rights Obligations -- The Link Between Human Rights Law and International Development LawAbstract; 3.1 The Tripartite Structure of Obligations and the Principle of Progressive Realization; 3.2 Social Rights and Multinational Corporations; 3.3 Extraterritorial Obligations to Fulfil Social Rights: Is There a Legal Duty to Provide Development Assistance?; 3.4 Social Rights Obligations of the International Financial Institutions and the World Trade Organization; References; Documents of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). 4 Scope and Relevance of Specific Social Rights for Poverty Reduction Strategies in Developing and Emerging CountriesAbstract; 4.1 The Right to an Adequate Standard of Living -- Access to Food, Water and Adequate Housing; 4.1.1 The Right to Food; 4.1.2 The Right to Water; 4.1.3 The Right to Housing; 4.2 The Right to Health; 4.3 The Right to Social Security; References; Documents of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR); 5 Social Rights and the International Development Agenda; Abstract; 5.1 Social Rights-Based Approaches to Development. 5.2 Basic Social Rights for All: The ILO Social Protection Floor and the Global Fund for Social Protection5.3 Millennium Development Goals and the United Nations Post-2015 Development Agenda; References; Index.
• Publisher Details: Heidelberg : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 117 pages)
• Subjects: 341.4/8; Law; Social rights; Law and economic development; Economic development -- Moral and ethical aspects; Development economics; LAW -- International; Economic development -- Moral and ethical aspects; Law and economic development; Social rights; Business & Economics -- Development -- General; Development economics & emerging economies; Human rights; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783662453520; 3662453525; 3662453517; 9783662453513
• Related ISBNs: 9783662453513
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 10, 2014).
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