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Can economic growth translate into access to rights?
Author: jacob
Published: 08 Nov 2013
The Community Law Centre hosted a seminar that looked at challenges faced by institutions in South Africa in ensuring that growth leads to better living standards.
news: SER
Penalisation of poverty needs attention of the African Commission
Author: jacob
Published: 04 Nov 2013
On 21 October 2013, during the 54th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights holding in Banjul, The Gambia, the Community Law Centre at the University of the Western Cape and the Office of the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights organised a side event on Penalisation of Poverty as a Human Rights Challenge in Africa.
news: SER
ESR Review Volume 14, No. 1, 2013
Author: jacob
Published: 18 Jun 2013
This issue of the ESR Review for 2013 focuses on the eight Millennium Development Goals.
news: SER
Socio-economic rights optional protocol heralds a new dawn in the enforcement of these rights
Author: jacob
Published: 14 May 2013
The Campaign for South Africa’s Ratification of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, joins other civil society groups and human rights advocates across the world in celebrating the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social Cultural Rights (OP-ICESCR).
news: SER
ESR Review, Volume 13 No 3, 2012
Author: CLC Socio Economic Rights Project
Published: 14 Dec 2012
The third issue of the ESR Review focusses on the impact of corruption within Africa that contributes to poverty and unemployment and denial of access to housing and health-care services. There are also summaries of recent developments on socio-economic rights across the world.
news: SER
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