JUS 276-2-A / Human Rights Law

The basic course literature is in line with the research frontiers in the field of socio‐economic human rights. The students will have to buy two books (Ssenyonjo and Donnelly), the other material will be made available as copies on My Space (book chapters), or the students may take their own copies (articles). All copying of book chapters are in accordance with the 15 per cent rule in the Kopinor agreement.

In addition to the basic literature, the students will be provided with relevant additional reading suggestions.

· Cahill‐Ripley. A, The Human Right to Water and its Application in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Routledge, 2011, Chapter 2 The human right to water – legal status and normative content , pp. 21‐53. (32 pages)

· Cousins. M, The European Convention on Human Rights and Social Security Law. Antwerp : Intersentia, c2008. (Social Europe series ; vol. 15), Chapter 3, pp. 17‐46 (29 pages)

· Donnelly. J, Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice, Cornell University Press 2013, Chapters 1‐10 (158 pages)

· Eide. A, ‘Freedom from Need: The Universal Right to an Adequate Standard Of Living – Origins, Obstacles and Prospects’, Scandinavian Studies in Law, 2010, pp. 157‐180. (23 pages)

· Eide. A,Human rights‐based development in the age of economic globalisation. In Bård Anders Andreassen and Stephen Marks: "Development as a human right", 2nd edition, Intersentia 2010 (pp. 275‐315). (40 pages)

· Eide. A, (2001) Economic, social and cultural rights as human rights, Chapter 2 in Eide, Krause and Rosas: Economic, social and cultural rights, a textbook, Martinus Nijhoof 2001 pp. 9-29, 407-421. (32 pages)

· Engle. K, ‘On Fragile Architecture: The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Context of Human Rights’, European Journal of International Law, 2011, Vol. 22(1), pp.141‐163. (22 pages)

· Halvorsen. K, ‘Notes On The Realization Of The Human Right To Education’, Human Rights Quarterly, 1990 AUG, Vol.12 (3), pp.341-364 (23 pages)

· Mottershaw. E, ‘Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Armed Conflict: International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law’, The International Journal of Human Rights, Vol.12:3, 2008, pp.449‐470. (21 pages)

· Rehman. J, (2nd ed) International Human Rights Law, Harlow: Pearson Education, 2010, Chapter 14 The rights of ‘peoples’ and ‘indigenous peoples’ pp. 472‐510. (38 pages)

· Rehman. J, (2nd ed) International Human Rights Law, Harlow: Pearson Education, 2010, Chapter 21 International human rights law and international humanitarian law, pp. 764‐806. (42 pages)

· Scheinin. M, (2001) The right to social security. In in Eide, Krause and Rosas: Economic, social and cultural rights, a textbook, Martinus Nijhoof 2001 (pp. 211‐223) (10 pages)

· Ssenyonjo. M, (2009) Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in International Law, pp. 1‐105, 245‐281, 283‐313, 313‐355, 355‐398. (292 pages)

Ca 772 pages