Introduction : situating the right to continuous improvement of living conditions and considering its interpretations and applications / Jessie Hohmann and Beth Goldblatt -- Sources for a nascent interpretation of the right to continuous improvement of living conditions : the travaux preparatoires and the work of the CESCR / Jessie Hohmann -- Cooperating to continuously improve / Meghan Campbell -- The right to continuous improvement of living conditions as a response to poverty / Luke D Graham -- Is financial inclusion a proxy for continuously improving living conditions? / Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky and Francisco Cantamutto -- The right to the continuous improvement of living conditions and progressive realisation : the case of the right to social security in Canada / Lucie Lamarche -- Understanding forgotten rights / Naomi Lott -- The right to continuous improvement of living conditions and human rights of future generations-a circle impossible to square? / Sigrun I Skogly -- New synergies and possibilities in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights : from dignifi ed life to the right to continuous improvement of living conditions / Isaac de Paz Gonzalez -- (Dis)continuous improvement : Canada, indigenous peoples, lobster, and child welfare / Jeffery Hewitt -- The work of living : social reproduction and the right to the continuous improvement of living conditions / Beth Goldblatt -- Measure for measure : the challenges of measuring continuous improvement and lessons from the sustainable development goals / Sandra Fredman -- Entangled rights and reproductive temporality : legal form, continuous improvement of living conditions, and social reproduction / Ruth Fletcher.
Summary:
"What does the right to the continuous improvement of living conditions in Article 11(1) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights really mean and how can it contribute to social change? The book explores how this underdeveloped right can have valuable application in response to global problems of poverty, inequality and climate destruction, through an in-depth consideration of its meaning. The book seeks to interpret and give meaning to the right as a legal standard, giving it practical value for those whose living conditions are inadequate. It locates the right within broader philosophical and political debates, whilst also assessing the challenges to its realisation. It also explores how the right relates to human rights more generally and considers its application to issues of gender, care and the rights of Indigenous peoples. The contributors deeply probe the meaning of 'living conditions', suggesting that these encompass more than the basic rights to housing, water, food, and clothing. The chapters provide a range of doctrinal, historical and philosophical engagements through grounded analysis and imaginative interpretation. With a foreword by Sandra Liebenberg (former Member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights), the book includes chapters from renowned and emerging scholars working across disciplines from around the world"-- Provided by publisher.
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