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Abstract
The potential for sufficiently severe poverty to undermine an individual’s human rights is recognised by the UK judiciary and legal academics. But the UK’s human rights regime privileges the (mainly civil and political) rights in the ECHR above the economic and social rights protected by other treaties, hindering human rights law from fulfilling its potential to protect against poverty. Social rights instruments are likely to remain legally marginal unless incorporated into domestic law. Nonetheless, the UK has undertaken to respect, protect and fulfil certain rights and should be held accountable for success or failure to do so. The Special Rapporteur’s visit provides a vehicle for such accountability and, potentially, for raising the profile of social rights.
Original language | English |
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Type | Submission of evidence |
Number of pages | 8 |
Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - Sep 2018 |
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Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights fact-finding visit to United Kingdom
Mark Simpson (Participant)
10 Nov 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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Welfare conditionality, homelessness and the law
Grainne Mc Keever (Speaker)
6 Nov 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Conditionality as moral hazard
Grainne Mc Keever (Speaker)
5 Nov 2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Brexit, the Irish Border and Social Security Rights
McKeever, G., 18 Feb 2020, In: Journal of Social Security Law. 25, 1, p. 34-55 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessing the Compliance of the United Kingdom’s Social Security System with its Obligations under the European Social Charter
Simpson, M., 31 Dec 2018, In: Human Rights Law Review. 18, 4, p. 745-769 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Brexit and devolved social security in Scotland: a tale of two referenda
Simpson, M., 19 Mar 2018, In: Journal of Social Security Law. 25, 1, p. 56-73Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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