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Economic and social rights: legally enforceable rights?

17 January 2005 13:00-14:15 (GMT+00) - Public event, London

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  • This session examined how best to enforce economic and social rights to achieve poverty reduction. Are legal enforcement strategies, in particular with regards to the rights to health and education, effective? Is the law sufficiently developed to provide development professionals with clear guidance? Is there evidence that non-legal strategies are more effective?

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    Speakers:
    Katarina Tomasevski, Professor - Lund University
    John Mackinnon, Freelance Economic Consultant
    Chair:
    Michael Anderson, DFID

     

  • An ODI public event in the Human Rights and Poverty Reduction - Realities, Controversies and Strategies series.

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