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South African Human Rights Groups, including the Socio-Economic Rights Project, welcome Cabinet’s approval of South Africa’s ratification of the United Nations International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

This second issue of 2012 focusses on monitoring of state performance relating to the realisation of social and economic rights using the Social and Economic Rights Fulfilment Index, an interview with the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights and updates on the recent ILO Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers 2011, and the International Labour Organisation Social Protection Floors Recommendation 2012.

The booklet, Claiming Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the International Level, has been written by the Socio-Economic Rights Project's Co-ordinator & Senior Researcher, Dr Lilian Chenwi.

This first issue of 2009 has articles on Women's access to health; Litigating socio-economic rights; Age-based discrimination in Uganda & Right of Access to Malaria in Uganda

This issue includes articles on access to housing & sufficient water, the ANC's promises on socio-economic rights, as well as the Seminar on Optional Protocol on the ICESC & Public Hearings on the Millenium Development Goals and the realisation of economic and social rights.