ICJ report: courts and the legal enforcement of economic, social and cultural rights

Global
Issue: Civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights
Document Type: Thematic Report
Date: 2009

Drawing upon a full range of case law, the report shows that adjudication of economic, social and cultural rights is possible, desirable and already being carried out by courts in all continents.

The report addresses the legal and political objections to the justicability of economic, social and cultural rights and confirms their justiciability.

Courts-legal-enforcement-ESCR-Human-Rights-Rule-of-Law-series-2009-eng (full text in English, PDF)

Courts-legal-enforcement-ESCR-Human-Rights-Rule-of-Law-series-2009-fra (full text in French, PDF)

Courts-legal-enforcement-ESCR-Human-Rights-Rule-of-Law-series-2009-spa  (full text in Spanish, PDF)

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