Resource allocation towards socioeconomic rights: lessons from domestic courts

The question of resource allocation is particularly pertinent to the realisation of socioeconomic rights. Perceptions of the place of resource allocation impact the adjudication of these rights. This article departs from the premise that with the adoption of the Optional Protocol to the Internationa...

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Main Author: Kaguongo, Waruguru (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2012
In: Human rights review
Year: 2012, Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 85-105
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Keywords:
Resource Allocation
State obligations
socioeconomic rights
Justiciability
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Summary:The question of resource allocation is particularly pertinent to the realisation of socioeconomic rights. Perceptions of the place of resource allocation impact the adjudication of these rights. This article departs from the premise that with the adoption of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights allowing individual communications and the establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, there will be an increase in resource allocation questions for adjudication. The article interrogates the experience of national courts and examines potential lessons that can be adopted at the international level to overcome the reluctance that supra-national tribunals may have when adjudicating on states obligations to fulfil.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 103-105
ISSN:1874-6306
DOI:10.1007/s12142-011-0203-1