The Minimum Core Obligations of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights : The Rights to Health and Education

The Minimum Core Obligations of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights : The Rights to Health and Education

Economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR), such as the right to education and the right to health, comprise one of the two principal pillars of the United Nation (UN) human rights framework - the other pillar of which is constituted of civil and...

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Main Author: Shields, Kirsteen
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
MINIMUM CORE
HUMAN RIGHTS
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE
EDUCATION
OBLIGATIONS
MORAL RIGHTS
RIGHT TO EDUCATION
RIGHT TO HEALTH
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/289171515569848717/The-minimum-core-obligations-of-economic-social-and-cultural-rights-the-rights-to-health-and-education-research-summary
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spelling okr-10986-291452021-05-25T09:09:41Z The Minimum Core Obligations of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights : The Rights to Health and Education Shields, Kirsteen MINIMUM CORE HUMAN RIGHTS UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE EDUCATION OBLIGATIONS MORAL RIGHTS RIGHT TO EDUCATION RIGHT TO HEALTH Economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR), such as the right to education and the right to health, comprise one of the two principal pillars of the United Nation (UN) human rights framework - the other pillar of which is constituted of civil and political rights (CPR); together with the UDHR, these two groups of rights comprise the international bill of rights. ESCR also overlap substantially with development activities, in that they share significant subject matter coverage. Put differently, development activities now occupy many areas governed by ESCR. ESCR are also central to conflicts over resource allocation which increasingly arise in both developed and developing countries as a result of crises stemming from climate change, violent conflict, and war and displacement. In such resource, constrained contexts, ESCR, and minimum core doctrine (MCD) in particular, provide a potential means to prioritize resource allocation through the identification of minimum core obligations (MCOs). 2018-01-11T17:54:38Z 2018-01-11T17:54:38Z 2017-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/289171515569848717/The-minimum-core-obligations-of-economic-social-and-cultural-rights-the-rights-to-health-and-education-research-summary http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29145 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic MINIMUM CORE
HUMAN RIGHTS
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE
EDUCATION
OBLIGATIONS
MORAL RIGHTS
RIGHT TO EDUCATION
RIGHT TO HEALTH
spellingShingle MINIMUM CORE
HUMAN RIGHTS
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE
EDUCATION
OBLIGATIONS
MORAL RIGHTS
RIGHT TO EDUCATION
RIGHT TO HEALTH
Shields, Kirsteen
The Minimum Core Obligations of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights : The Rights to Health and Education
description Economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR), such as the right to education and the right to health, comprise one of the two principal pillars of the United Nation (UN) human rights framework - the other pillar of which is constituted of civil and political rights (CPR); together with the UDHR, these two groups of rights comprise the international bill of rights. ESCR also overlap substantially with development activities, in that they share significant subject matter coverage. Put differently, development activities now occupy many areas governed by ESCR. ESCR are also central to conflicts over resource allocation which increasingly arise in both developed and developing countries as a result of crises stemming from climate change, violent conflict, and war and displacement. In such resource, constrained contexts, ESCR, and minimum core doctrine (MCD) in particular, provide a potential means to prioritize resource allocation through the identification of minimum core obligations (MCOs).
format Working Paper
author Shields, Kirsteen
author_facet Shields, Kirsteen
author_sort Shields, Kirsteen
title The Minimum Core Obligations of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights : The Rights to Health and Education
title_short The Minimum Core Obligations of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights : The Rights to Health and Education
title_full The Minimum Core Obligations of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights : The Rights to Health and Education
title_fullStr The Minimum Core Obligations of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights : The Rights to Health and Education
title_full_unstemmed The Minimum Core Obligations of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights : The Rights to Health and Education
title_sort minimum core obligations of economic, social, and cultural rights : the rights to health and education
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/289171515569848717/The-minimum-core-obligations-of-economic-social-and-cultural-rights-the-rights-to-health-and-education-research-summary
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