From the global to the local: The role of international law in the enforcement of socio-economic rights in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorKapindu, Redson
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-02T09:45:54Z
dc.date.available2011-08-02T09:45:54Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThis research report demonstrates that international human rights law played a quintessential role in the drafting of the Constitution of South Africa, 1996, particularly the Bill of Rights, and that this was more so with regard to socio-economic rights where the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) highly influenced the guarantees of these rights under the Constitution, both in terms of language and content. The role of international human rights law has been even more pronounced in the South African socio-economic rights jurisprudence that has developed since 1994. Courts have referred to and applied international human rights law norms directly. This paper argues, however, that there are some areas where courts have fallen short in their appreciation and/or application of international human rights law.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNorwegian Embassy through the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights and the Ford Foundationen_US
dc.identifier.citationKapindu, R. (2009). From the global to the local: The role of international law in the enforcement of socio-economic rights in South Africa. Community Law Centre, University of the Western Capeen_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-86808-700-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/232
dc.inquiriesserp@uwc.ac.za
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherCommunity Law Centre, University of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rightsCopyright Community Law Centre. This file may be freely used provided that the source is acknowledged. No commercial distribution of this text is permitted.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedfalse
dc.subjectSocio-economic rightsen_US
dc.subjectMinimum core obligationsen_US
dc.subjectInternational human rights lawen_US
dc.titleFrom the global to the local: The role of international law in the enforcement of socio-economic rights in South Africaen_US
dc.typeResearch Reporten_US

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