The papers collected in this volume are the outcomes of roundtable around the theme: Re-thinking Socio-Economic Rights in an Insecure World. The roundtable brought together scholars and human rights practitioners from different regions to reflect on the following questions relating to social and economic rights, particularly in the context of the global insecurity.
Contents
Preface
Part One: SOME CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS
Introduction - Wiktor Osiatynski
The Horizontal Priority of Economic Rights - Filip Spagnoli
Part Two: AN ACCOUNT OF CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION
Socio-Economic Rights in the Constitution for Europe: Between Symbolism and Legal Realism - Violeta Beširević
Grand Promises in the Face of High Expectations: Welfare Rights in Hungarian Constitutional Jurisprudence - Renata Uitz
Social and Economic Rights in the Jurisprudence of the Bulgarian Constitutional Court - Daniel Smilov
Litigating for Socio-Economic Rights on National and International Level: Problems of Standing and Legal Strategies - Anita Soboleva
Part Three: SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
The Patrimonial States and Socio-economic Rights in Africa - Nsongurua Udombana
Socio-economic Factors of Conflicts - Countering the Risks - Vidan Hadži-Vidanović
Part Four: SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS AND MARGINALIZED GROUPS
Roma Rights, Racial Discrimination and ESC Rights - Claude Cahn
List of Contributors
Index