Social Security as a Human Right Drafting a General Comment on Article 9 ICESCR - Some Challenges /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Riedel, Eibe (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Deutsches, Europäisches und Internationales Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht und Bioethik der Universitäten Heidelberg und Mannheim, 26
• Subjects: Law.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Medical laws and legislation.; Human rights.; Human Rights.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Medical Law.

Article 9 of the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights on the right to social security is the shortest article in the entire Covenant and for that reason alone highly abstract and vague. A comprehensive analysis of the article 9 is still lacking, not least because it is widel...