Today is the release of the Research Handbook on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as Human Rights which Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona, GI-ESCR’s Executive Director and Lilian Chenwi, a GI-ESCR Board Member, contributed to. By combining practitioner and academic perspectives, this exceptional handbook provides a comprehensive, cutting-edge analysis of economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR). Offering an authoritative analysis of standards and jurisprudence, it argues for an expansive and inclusive approach to ESCR as human rights.

This Research Handbook is a valuable contribution to the human rights field. Providing an overview of ESCR-related systems, cases and challenges around the world, it will be particularly beneficial for practitioners, scholars and students interested in international human rights, as well as to lawyers and judges considering ESCR in the context of domestic law. International and local NGOs and human rights organizations will also find this an essential guide on mechanisms to advance ESCR as human rights.

“Contested and marginalized in legal research, the field of economic, social and cultural rights has experienced a bloom in scholarly attention over the past ten years. With contributions by leading scholars and practitioners, this Research Handbook represents an up-to-date and in-depth analysis of the most salient mechanisms, doctrines and cross-cutting issues in the field. It constitutes an indispensable resource for policy-makers, scholars and advocates interested in the contribution of human rights to the eradication of poverty and inequality.”

– Professor Sandra Liebenberg, HF Oppenheimer Chair in Human Rights Law, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa and Vice President, UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

See more information on the handbook here on Edward Elgar Publishing website.