10. CESCR General Comment No. 10 (1998) on the Role of National Human Rights Institutions in the Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

2006 ◽  
pp. 331-332 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
National Human ◽  
National Human Rights Institutions

scholarly journals BRIDGING THE INTERNATIONAL GAP: THE ROLE OF NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES IN AFRICA

Obiter ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aliyu Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
National Human ◽  
Human Rights Treaties ◽  
Civil And Political Rights ◽  
National Human Rights Institutions ◽  
Domestic Level

While most of the United Nations (UN) treaties have committees to monitor the implementation of their provisions among their States parties, one of the major challenges they encounter is their inability to independently verify the information provided by the States parties, on the level of fulfilling their obligations to the treaties. However, the establishment of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) by the majority of UN member states was meant to not only promote and protect human rights within the territories of States parties, but also to monitor the implementation of the provisions of treaties at the domestic level. This resulted in treaty bodies to encourage NHRIs, in monitoring and providing it with information on the level of implementation of the provisions of these treaties within the territories of respective States parties. This article examines whether these institutions in Africa have been able to discharge their mandates concerning the implementation of two treaties, namely, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) which is monitored by the Human Rights Committee (HRC) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) which is overseen by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). The NHRIs of South Africa, Morocco and Nigeria have been selected to test the effectiveness of these institutions. The study ultimately shows that the majority of these institutions are still far off from achieving their potential.

scholarly journals La exigibilidad de los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celia Fernández Aller
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Legal Doctrine ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
Derechos Humanos ◽  
National Human ◽  
National Human Rights Institutions

Este texto hace una síntesis de los principales argumentos encontrados en la doctrina y jurisprudencia nacional e internacional que se esgrimen a favor de una mayor exigibilidad de los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales. Se profundiza en el concepto y fundamento de estos derechos, para a continuación repasar algunos ámbitos de exigibilidad: la Constitución, las normas internacionales, la doctrina y labor de las Instituciones de Derechos Humanos, y las declaraciones de Naciones Unidas. Para concluir, se aportan ejemplos de algunos tribunales que han entrado a conocer acerca de los derechos DESC.This text is a summary of the main reasons found in the legal doctrine and national and international jurisprudence to justify a greater enforcement of economic, social and cultural rights. It analyzes the concept of such rights, then go over some areas of enforcement: the Constitution, international standards, doctrine and work of National Human Rights Institutions and UN declarations. Finally, we provide examples of some courts that have come to know about ESC rights.

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