Abstract
Keynote speech delivered on 16 November 2012 at the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation and Faculty of Law (NWU, Potchefstroom Campus) 3rd Human Rights Indaba on The Role of International Law in Understanding and Applying the Socio-economic Rights in South Africa's Bill of Rights.
Highlights
Dear ladies and gentlemen, As the title of my speech suggests, I should like to share today some thoughts about the nature, development and implementation of socio-economic rights
Setting out from the perspective of International and European law I should like to highlight a couple of similarities and parallels which I think exist when we consider the position of this kind of fundamental rights in our societies. on two further international treaties was started immediately,[1] becoming what we know as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)[2] and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).[3]
Which was warmly welcomed by a number of NGOs active in the field,[10] came almost eighteen years after South Africa originally signed the Covenant. 11
Summary
Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter Providing for a System of Collective Complaints (1995). European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950). European Social Charter (1961) European Social Charter (Revised) (1996) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966) Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
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