"Dear fellow jurists, human rights are about politics, and that's perfectly fine"

TY - CHAP

T1 - "Dear fellow jurists, human rights are about politics, and that's perfectly fine"

AU - Casla Salazar, Koldo Andoni

PY - 2015/9/22

Y1 - 2015/9/22

N2 - For decades, the global human rights community has seen human rights as a matter of law, mostly international law. Economic, social and cultural rights, however, are meant to be progressively realized making use of all available resources. The violations approach and the work on their justiciability do not address the structural factors that constrain the enjoyment of these rights. Human rights are about policy and politics as much as about law. There is room for human rights advocacy outside and beyond the limits of the law.

AB - For decades, the global human rights community has seen human rights as a matter of law, mostly international law. Economic, social and cultural rights, however, are meant to be progressively realized making use of all available resources. The violations approach and the work on their justiciability do not address the structural factors that constrain the enjoyment of these rights. Human rights are about policy and politics as much as about law. There is room for human rights advocacy outside and beyond the limits of the law.

M3 - Chapter

T3 - Changing Perspectives on Human Rights

SP - 33

EP - 38

BT - Can human rights bring social justice?

A2 - Lettinga, Doutje

A2 - van Troost, Lars

PB - Amnesty International Netherlands

ER -