Constitutional Socio-Economic Rights and International Law: "You are not Alone"

T Stein

doi:10.4314/pelj.v16i1.2

Abstract

The second oratio was a keynote speech delivered by Torsten Stein, the Director of the Institute of European Studies and holder of the chair for European law and European Public Law at Saarland University, Germany. He delivered his speech during November 2012 at the 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, which was held by the Faculty of Law (NWU, Potchefstroom Campus) in collaboration with the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation. He shared some thoughts about the nature, development and implementation of socio-economic rights within an international and European setting. The next nine articles make up the bulk of this issue.

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)

Findings

GCIS ICCPR ICESCR OHCHR TDCA UN UNEP ZaöRV