Introduction / Aoife Nolan -- Alternatives to austerity : a human rights framework for economic recovery / Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona -- Late-neoliberalism : the financialisation of homeownership and the housing rights of the poor / Raquel Rolnik & Lidia Rabinovich -- The role of global...

Insisting on defining a minimum core content as a prerequisite for the justiciability of social rights is an updated aspiration, which risks the very enforceability of these rights amidst global economic crisis, at the very hour when they are needed the most. Proportionality not only creates the...

This paper seeks to address and develop the conceptual framework for dealing with socio-economic rights in times of economic crisis. Part I explores a peculiar but important conceptual feature of socio-economic rights, namely, the fact that they generally only give rise to positive obligations...

In the present report, the United Nations Independent Expert sets out the parameters of a human rights-based approach to recovery from the global economic and financial crises, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable and marginalized groups. The report urges States to see recovery from...

The global financial and economic crises have had a devastating impact on economic and social rights. These rights were ignored by economic policy makers prior to the financial and economic crisis and continue to be disregarded in the current ‘age of austerity’. This is the first book to...

Over two years after the fall of Lehman Brothers, the financial and economic crises have taken a heavy tool on public welfare, wiping out the positive effects of decades of nonprofit work. Unlike other sectors, international finance thrives not only due to poor governmental oversight mechanisms,...