Correcting the historical asymmetry between rights: The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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dc.contributor.authorChenwi, Lilian
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-01T07:58:34Z
dc.date.available2016-08-01T07:58:34Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractOn 10 December 2008, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The Optional Protocol ensures that, just like victims of civil and political rights violations, victims of economic, social and cultural rights violations have access to remedies at the international level. This article examines the Optional Protocol, starting with the historical background and its content, highlighting some of the main issues of controversy.en_US
dc.description.accreditationInternational Bibliography of the Social Sciences
dc.identifier.citationChenwi, L. (2009). Correcting the historical asymmetry between rights: The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. African Human Rights Law Journal, 9(1): 23-51en_US
dc.identifier.issn1996-2096
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2361
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherPretoria University Law Press (PULP)en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en
dc.source.urihttp://ref.scielo.org/8pk2mr
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectUnited Nations General Assemblyen_US
dc.subjectOptional Protocolen_US
dc.subjectInternational Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rightsen_US
dc.subjectUniversal Declaration of Human Rightsen_US
dc.titleCorrecting the historical asymmetry between rights: The Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rightsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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