International Protection of Socio-Economic Rights

An Interactional Approach

Aristi Volou

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Routledge
29 December 2025

International relations; Human rights; Civil rights & citizenship; International human rights law; Social law

Series: Human Rights and International Law

This book argues that there are weaknesses in the international systems of socio-economic rights protection and that these weaknesses can be mitigated or overcome through the practice of interaction between these systems. The work examines the international protection of socio-economic rights and shows that it is vulnerable in terms of its personal and material scope, its content and the extent of permissible limitations.

Against this background, it explores the role of interaction between legal orders as a tool for improving this protection. Based on a large-scale survey of explicit cross-referencing across a substantial number of monitoring bodies, courts and systems in cases and other jurisprudential outputs, the book assesses the extent to which interaction takes place in the context of the international protection of socio-economic rights. Drawing on its own conceptual framework of interaction between legal orders, it then illustrates the dynamics of how interaction has been used to mitigate or overcome the weaknesses of international protection and to advance this protection. While also recognising the shortcomings, the work calls for better interactive practices and sets out criteria that should inform interactive practices going forward.

The book will be a valuable resource for academics, researchers, judges and policy-makers working in the areas of International Human Rights Law, Social Justice, Political Science and International Relations.

By: Aristi Volou
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032549385
ISBN 10: 1032549386
Series: Human Rights and International Law
Pages: 222
Publication Date: 29 December 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

List of Abbreviations. 1. Introduction 2. Weaknesses of International Protection of Socioeconomic Rights 3. Conceptual Framework of Interaction of Legal Orders in Human Rights 4. Interactional Protection of Socioeconomic Rights: Extent, Dynamics and Impact of Interaction of Legal Orders 5. Best Practice of Interactional Protection of Socioeconomic Rights

Aristi Volou is a Lecturer in Law at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.

Reviews for International Protection of Socio-Economic Rights: An Interactional Approach

""The book offers a unique perspective on the protection of socio-economic rights through an international lens, along with valuable suggestions on how interactions among legal orders should be structured in the field of human rights. This is essential reading for both human rights scholars and judges."" — Georgios A. Serghides, Judge, ECtHR, PhD (Exeter), PhD (Athens), PhD (Salonica), PhD (Thrace), PhD (Strasbourg).