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Economic, social, and cultural rights : time for a reappraisal : a study for the Business Roundtable / by Bernard Robertson.

Title
Economic, social, and cultural rights : time for a reappraisal : a study for the Business Roundtable / by Bernard Robertson.
Author
Robertson, Bernard.
Publication
Wellington N.Z. : New Zealand Business Roundtable, 1997.

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Additional Authors
New Zealand Business Roundtable.
Description
vii, 65 p.; 30 cm.
Summary
"After the second World War ... human rights documents [were framed] which contained rights outside the traditional bounds of the concept of human rights ... This paper addresses ... the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ... in order to understand its meaning in practical terms"--P. 2, 4.
Subject
  • International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (1966 December 16)
  • Human rights > Philosophy
  • Human rights
Note
  • "October 1997."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-65).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Negative and positive rights -- The nature of the obligations under the ICESCR -- Self-determination and collectivism -- An adequate standard of living -- The right to work -- The right to education -- Cultural rights -- a right to subsidy? -- The missing right.
ISBN
187714830X
OCLC
  • 41904892
  • SCSB-10331201
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library