Examining the Justiciability of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Bibliographic Data

ID12592716
AuthorsJackbeth Mapulanga-Hulston (0000-0002-1796-213X, corresponding author), J K Mapulanga-Hulston
Year2002
Volume6
Issue4
Pages29-48
Publication date2002-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe International Journal of Human Rights (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1364-2987 • E-ISSN: 1744-053X
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/714866691
OpenAlexW2092829792
LanguageEN
Citations received8

Human rights are usually classified into two groups: (1) civil and political rights and (2) economic, social and cultural rights. Economic, social and cultural rights aim to ensure the satisfaction of basic human needs, such as food, health, employment and education. The satisfaction of these rights usually requires society to have 'favourable' economic conditions or resources. While the two classifications of rights are said to be interdependent and indivisible, the issue of whether economic, social and cultural rights are true rights or mere aspirational targets has attracted considerable scholarly debate and discussion among the international community. This article examines the nature of these rights and analyzes the challenges to their justiciability and enforceability

Cultural rights · Fundamental rights · Human rights · Interdependence · International human rights law · Justiciability · Law and economics · Linguistic rights · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Right to property · Social rights · Sociology · Human Rights and Development · Law

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