Economic and social rights is a crucial area of human rights law that has long been marginalised in the UK. This is despite the fact that rights to housing, work, the right to an adequate standard of living, food, social security, education, water and health rights are central to human survival and development.
Responding to that gap, the University of Nottingham (led by Professor Aoife Nolan) has collaborated with the Equality and Human Rights Commission of Great Britain to produce a set of publicly accessible capacity-building tools and resources on economic and social rights.
Funded by the ESRC IAA, the videos and supporting written materials are directed towards policymakers, civil society, academics and others with a background in human rights and an interest in learning more about economic and social rights.
They will act as a key resource for a wide range of national and international audiences who are seeking to improve the implementation of these rights – both in the UK and globally.
"Economic and social rights are increasing in importance globally. A key reason for their growing profile here in the UK here is mounting concern about how people's access to essential goods and services has been affected by the fiscal austerity measures introduced since 2010.
"This project aims to address these issues, and by using existing research from Nottingham, we have developed training videos that can be used by the relevant stakeholders to better understand the issues around economic and social rights and how they can be tackled."
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Posted on Wednesday 6th December 2017