Abstract

GONZALEZ-SALZBERG, Damián A.. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS WITHIN THE INTER-AMERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM: THINKING NEW STRATEGIES FOR OBTAINING JUDICIAL PROTECTION. Int. Law: Rev. Colomb. Derecho Int. [online]. 2011, n.18, pp.117-154. ISSN 1692-8156.

After more than half a century of existence of international Human Rights regimes, a differential degree of protection is still received by the so-called economic and social rights, when compared to the ones named civil and political. However, this article aims to show that certain strategies used within the Inter-American Human Rights System, IAHRS, have proved to be relatively successful for granting judiciable character to economic and social rights. Moreover, the paper discusses alternative paths that could be tried in order to obtain an improved judicial protection for these rights within The Americas.

Keywords : Economic and social rights; ESR; Inter-American Human Rights System; Right to health; Environmental rights; Right to food; Inter-American Human Rights System; Economic and social Rights; Civil Rights (International Law).

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