Closing the 'escape hatch': A toolkit to monitor the progressive realization of economic, social, and cultural rights

Journal of Human Rights Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 402-435

  Felner, Eitan ^a  

^a Independent Human Rights Consultant   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accountability; Available resources; Economic and social rights; Monitoring; Progressive realization; Quantitative methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957110427     PISSN: 17579619     EISSN: 17579627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhuman/hup023     Document Type: Review

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