Article 21 of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU) affirms that the EU's external action should be guided by the principle of ‘the universality and indivisibility of human rights'. However, economic, social and cultural rights (ESC rights) have received less attention than their civil and...

Human rights values have an ever-growing impact on contemporary societies. However, socio-economic rights remain the poor cousins of their civil and political counterparts. Recent “revitalization” of the key international socio-economic rights instruments, along with the emergence of new...

Equality is a concept that is subject to multiple interpretations. It generates disputes as to its meaning and the weight it should be given in legal and political debates. This paper aims to explore some of the contested versions of how the equality principle should be understood and applied,...

Books reviewed: Representing Workers: Union Recognition and Membership in Britain, Howard Gospel and Stephen Wood, eds. Routledge, London/New York, 2003, Mick Marchington, author Trade Unions in Renewal: A Comparative Study, Peter Fairbrother and Charlotte A. B. Yates, eds. Continuum, London/New...