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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792456503321

Autore

Koch Ida Elisabeth

Titolo

Human rights as indivisible rights [[electronic resource] ] : the protection of socio-economic demands under the European Convention on Human Rights / / by Ida Elisabeth Koch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009

ISBN

1-282-60212-8

9786612602122

90-04-18068-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (362 p.)

Collana

International studies in human rights, , 0924-4751 ; ; v. 101

Disciplina

341.4/8094

Soggetti

Human rights - Europe

Social rights - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-343) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Background to and purpose of the study -- Typological and terminological considerations -- Considerations on intertextuality and permeability -- Theoretical and methodological considerations -- The right to health under the ECHR -- The right to housing under the ECHR -- The right to education under the ECHR -- The right to social cash benefits under the ECHR -- Work-related rights under the ECHR -- Socio-economic demands as justiciable rights : the issue of power balance -- The relation between the ECHR and the ESC/RESC -- Concluding forward-looking observations.

Sommario/riassunto

It is usually assumed that economic, social and cultural rights are two different kinds of rights. Despite this dichotomous perception of human rights we talk about human rights as indivisible, interrelated and interdependent. The purpose of the book has been to examine how the European Court of Human Rights perceives of the indivisibility notion as a legal phenomenon. This is done by analysing five different socio-economic rights: the right to health, the right to housing, the right to education, the right to social cash benefits and various work related rights. The examination clearly illustrates that the Court perceives of human rights as indivisible rights and this integrated



approach to human rights protection and its further potential is discussed from a hermeneutic perspective.