Research Handbook on International Law and Social Rights

Download or read book Research Handbook on International Law and Social Rights written by Christina Binder and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-28 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive Research Handbook offers a comparative overview of the history, nature and current status of social rights at the universal and regional level. Tracing their evolution from rather modest beginnings, to becoming the category of rights responding most accurately to the 21st century’s policy objectives of poverty eradication and equitable resource allocation, this Research Handbook assesses the mechanisms used to enhance the implementation and enforcement of social rights.