Social Security as a Human Right: Drafting a General Comment on Article 9 ICESCR - Some Challenges

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Eibe H. Riedel

Social Security as a Human Right

Drafting a General Comment on Article 9 ICESCR - Some Challenges

Eibe H. Riedel

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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
07 November 2006

Welfare & benefit systems; Public international law; Social security & welfare law

Series: Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Deutsches, Europäisches und Internationales Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht und Bioethik der Universitäten Heidelberg und Mannheim

Article 9 of the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights on the right to social security is the shortest article in the entire Covenant and for that reason alone highly abstract and vague. A comprehensive analysis of the article 9 is still lacking, not least because it is widely regarded as a Pandora's box better not to be opened.

Experience has shown that the quality of the state reporting procedure is greatly improved once the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights has adopted a General Comment. Thus, it seems very desirable to close this gap. For the reason, an International Expert Workshop on the Right to Social Security was held in April 2005 at the German Institute for Human Rights, whose purpose was to highlight specific issues of the right to social security which should be addressed by the Committee when drafting a General Comment on article 9. The results of this workshop are published in this volume providing an insight into the current challenges on social security as a human right.

Edited by: Eibe H. Riedel
Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Country of Publication: Germany
Edition: 2007 ed.
Volume: 26
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 640g
ISBN: 9783540314677
ISBN 10: 3540314679
Series: Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Deutsches, Europäisches und Internationales Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht und Bioethik der Universitäten Heidelberg und Mannheim
Pages: 189
Publication Date: 07 November 2006
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

The Right to Social Security — Current Challenges in International Perspective.- The Human Right to Social Security: Some Challenges.- The Right to Social Security and Implications for Law, Policy and Practice.- Social Security Reforms and the Right to Social Security.- The Judicial Enforcement of Social Security Rights in South Africa.- Social Security — International Standards and the Right to Social Security.- Evaluating the ILO’s Approach to Standard-Setting and Monitoring in the Field of Social Security.- Social Security for Women Workers in the Informal Economy.- Exclusion of Vulnerable Groups from Equal Access to Social Security.- Social Security Systems and the Neo-Liberal Challenge.- Evaluating Reforms in Social Security Protection.- Summary of Discussion.

Reviews for Social Security as a Human Right: Drafting a General Comment on Article 9 ICESCR - Some Challenges

Aus den Rezensionen: ... Der Blickwinkel ist international. Mehr, indem er das Interesse des Lesers auf sozialrechtliche Entwicklungen in einzelnen Weltgegenden ... lenkt, gewinnt die Betrachtung an Konkretheit und gerade dadurch an Tiefgang, Gewicht und Gestalt. ... Die Debatte um dieses Recht wird mit diesem Band nicht beendet. Aber es kommt ihm das grosse Verdienst zu, diese in Deutschland mit dem langst uberfalligen internationalen Blick eroeffnet zu haben ... (Eberhard Eichenhofer, VSSR - Vierteljahresschrift fur Sozialrecht, 2007, Issue 2, S. 155 f.)