Violencia de género y efectividad de los derechos sociales. Posible protección a través de las políticas de rentas mínimas lato sensu | Gender Violence and Social Rights Effectiveness. Protection through Minimum Income Policies Lato Sensu in Spain

Cuadernos Electrónicos de Filosofía del Derecho ◽

10.7203/cefd.38.12356 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 187

Author(s):

David Vila Viñas

Keyword(s):

Risk Factor ◽

Violence Prevention ◽

Gender Violence ◽

Social Rights ◽

Autonomous Communities ◽

Minimum Income ◽

The Right ◽

Socioeconomic Risk

Resumen: El derecho a una vida libre de violencia ha alcanzado importancia en la consideración jurídica de la violencia de género, al ajustarse mejor a las dinámicas de violencia de género. Desde este enfoque se pone la atención sobre qué protecciones materiales pueden ser factores preventivos de la violencia. En particular se exploran las vías de protección frente a la violencia desde las políticas de rentas mínimas lato sensu desde las Comunidades Autónomas. A pesar de la renovada importancia de estas políticas desde 2015, las reformas no han tenido en cuenta su capacidad para prevenir la violencia de género. Abstract: Through the relations between gender violence y socioeconomic risk factor, this paper analyzes if minimum income policies are able to contribute to gender violence prevention and to the effectiveness of the right to a life free of violence. After the affirmation of this possibility, the paper considers characteristics that this policies from Autonomous Communities should have in order to achieve these goals.

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The Benefit non-take-up in the Context of Cash Social Assistance Reform in Lithuania

Socialinė teorija empirija politika ir praktika ◽

10.15388/stepp.2020.25 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 ◽

pp. 96-121

Author(s):

Tautvydas Vencius ◽

Vitalija Gabnytė ◽

Jekaterina Navickė

Keyword(s):

Social Assistance ◽

Growth Cycle ◽

Social Rights ◽

System Reform ◽

Economic Cycle ◽

Annual Average ◽

Minimum Income ◽

Single Person ◽

The Right ◽

Annual Average Number

The purpose of this article is to present the results of cash social assistance (CSA) benefit non-take-up in the context of the CSA system reform in Lithuania. The right to adequate minimum income benefits is one of the 20 key principles under the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR). Using the tax-benefit microsimulation model EUROMOD we seek to identify all those eligible to CSA benefit and to analyse its non-take-up rates in Lithuania. The analysis for 2016 showed that CSA benefit non-take-up in Lithuania was around 22%. This means that around one fifth of those who are entitled to this benefit do not get it for various reasons. The results show that there are two types of households, with a non-take-up rate exceeding 30%: single person and lone parent households. The dynamics of CSA benefit non-take-up between 2007-2016 were strongly negatively correlated to the annual average number of recipients of the CSA benefit. This makes for a counter-cyclical dynamic of the CSA non-take-up relative to the economic growth cycle. We find some evidence of an increase in the CSA non-take-up rate following the recent CSA reform in Lithuania. Further analysis is needed to distinguish between the effects of the economic cycle and the CSA reform.

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Different Methods, Different Standards? A Comparison of Two Finnish Reference Budgets

European Journal of Social Security ◽

10.1177/13882627211048514 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 138826272110485

Author(s):

Lauri Mäkinen

Keyword(s):

Single Woman ◽

Living Standard ◽

Social Rights ◽

Consumer Society ◽

Strong Basis ◽

Minimum Income ◽

Heterosexual Couple ◽

Goods And Services ◽

The Right ◽

Reference Budgets

According to Principle 14 of the European Pillar of Social Rights, everyone should have the right to adequate minimum income benefits that ensure a life in dignity. Reference budgets have been proposed to monitor this principle. Reference budgets are priced baskets of goods and services that represent a given living standard. At the moment, no common methodology for constructing reference budgets exists; instead, different methods are used to construct them. This study sought to compare the approaches and results of two Finnish reference budgets: one created by the Centre for Consumer Society Research (CCSR), and the second by the ImPRovE project. The purpose of the article is to respond to a gap in existing literature around how different methods for constructing reference budgets impact their outcomes. The two reference budgets offer a strong basis for comparison because they both sought to capture the same living standard in the same context for similar household types (single woman, single man, heterosexual couple, and heterosexual couple with two children), while using different approaches. The results suggest that the two reference budgets arrive at different estimates of what is needed for social participation. Ultimately, we found that the most significant differences between the budgets were housing and mobility costs for the couple with two children due to differences in information bases, selection criteria, evaluators, and pricing. The study makes a significant contribution to the literature because it is one of the first to explore how different approaches to constructing reference budgets affect their outcomes. The results suggest that clear criteria for constructing reference budgets are needed to monitor Principle 14 of the European Pillar of Social Rights.

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Competencias y reconocimiento de derechos de las personas vulnerables: sanidad, vivienda y derechos fundamentales

RVAP 118 - Revista Vasca de Administración Pública / Herri-Arduralaritzarako Euskal Aldizkaria ◽

10.47623/ivap-rvap.111.2018.10 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 341-372

Author(s):

Mónica TESALIA VALCÁRCEL BUSTOS

Keyword(s):

Social Rights ◽

Constitutional Court ◽

International Courts ◽

Autonomous Communities ◽

Derechos Humanos ◽

Degrading Treatment ◽

Principle Of Proportionality ◽

The Right ◽

To Receive ◽

Conflicts Of Jurisdiction

LABURPENA: Lan honen xedea da erakustea Konstituzio Auzitegiak, gai batzuen inguruko eskumen gatazkak ebaztean, ez duela kontuan hartu nazioarteko auzitegiek egin duten interpretazioa giza eskubide batzuen edukiari buruz. Eskubide horiek lotura estua dute gizarte eskubideekin edo gizarte eta ekonomia politikaren printzipio zuzentzaileekin. Eskubide horiek babestu eta gauzatzea autonomia erkidegoei dagokie, beren autonomia estatutuek aitortzen dizkien eskumenen arabera. Adibidez, osasunerako sorospenak zerikusia dauka tratu txar, anker, umiliagarri eta jasangaitzik ez jasotzeko eskubideekin eta baita bizitza eskubidearekin ere; etxebizitza duinerako eskubideak ere harreman estua dauka bizitza pribatu eta familiarrerako eskubidearekin. Hortaz, artikuluak zera proposatzen du: Konstituzio Auzitegiak proportzionaltasun printzipioa aplikatu behar du, beharrizanezko, premiazko edo gizarte-bazterketako egoera batean dauden pertsonen eskubideak eta bideragarritasun ekonomikoa neurtuz. Halaber, planteatzen da Autonomia Erkidegoen eskumenak aintzat hartzea etxebizitza edo gizarte sorospenari buruzko gaietan. Halaber, planteatzen da Autonomia Erkidegoen eskumenak aintzat hartzea etxebizitza edo gizarte sorospenari buruzko gaietan. RESUMEN: Este trabajo tiene por objeto demostrar que, al resolver los conflictos de competencias en determinadas materias, el Tribunal Constitucional no ha tenido en cuenta la interpretación que han realizado tribunales internacionales sobre el contenido de determinados derechos humanos. Estos se encuentran íntimamente vinculados a derechos sociales o principios rectores de la política social y económica, cuya salvaguarda o satisfacción corresponde a las comunidades autónomas en virtud de sus competencias reconocidas por los estatutos de autonomía. Por ejemplo, la asistencia sanitaria está relacionada con el derecho a no recibir tratos crueles, inhumanos o degradantes o, incluso, con el derecho a la vida; el derecho a la vivienda digna también es inherente a la vida privada y familiar. Así, el artículo propone que el Tribunal Constitucional aplique el principio de proporcionalidad ponderando los derechos de las personas que se encuentran en una situación de necesidad, emergencia o exclusión social, así como la viabilidad económica para garantizarlos. Asimismo, se plantea tomar en consideración las competencias de las comunidades autónomas en materias como la asistencia social o la vivienda. ABSTRACT: The purpose of this work is to demonstrate that, in resolving conflicts of jurisdiction regarding certain matters, the Constitutional Court has not taken into account the interpretation that international courts have made on the content of certain human rights. These are closely linked to social rights or guiding principles of social and economic policy, whose safeguard or satisfaction corresponds to the Autonomous Communities by virtue of their competences recognized by the Statutes of Autonomy. For example, health care is related to the right not to receive cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or, even, to the right to life; the right to decent housing is also inherent to private and family life. Thus, the article proposes that the Constitutional Court should apply the principle of proportionality by balancing the rights of individuals in a situation of need, emergency or social exclusion, as well as their economic viability in order to guarantee them. It also considers taking into consideration the competences of the Autonomous Communities in matters such as social assistance or housing.

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Is There a Way Where There’s a Will? The Tensions between the Court’s Case Law and the Pillar in Delimiting Transnational Solidarity

European Journal of Migration and Law ◽

10.1163/15718166-12340063 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

pp. 509-539

Author(s):

Ane Aranguiz ◽

Miriam Quené

Keyword(s):

Economic Status ◽

Case Law ◽

Equal Treatment ◽

Social Benefits ◽

Social Rights ◽

Minimum Income ◽

European Citizenship ◽

The Right ◽

Transnational Solidarity ◽

The Eu

Abstract European citizenship has often served as a proxy for political visions of far-reaching social integration within the EU. Over the last years, this has been challenged by a number of judgments of the CJEU, which appear to increasingly restrict the access of economically inactive mobile EU citizens to social benefits under the Citizens Directive. By contrast, the more recent European Pillar of Social Rights enshrines the right to a minimum income for all citizens of the Union, regardless of their economic status or the legality of their residence. This article aims to address the resulting asymmetry between the Pillar and the CJEU’s current interpretation of the Citizens Directive, examining whether and to what extent the former could influence the latter. In doing so, it will discuss the background, objectives and interpretation of the Citizens Directive’s right to equal treatment, examine the scope of the minimum income principle contained in the Pillar, and highlight the key differences between the two.

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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

10.1093/oso/9780190672676.003.0022 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gillian MacNaughton ◽

Mariah McGill

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

United Nations ◽

Right To Health ◽

Social Rights ◽

Limited Capacity ◽

United Nations High Commissioner ◽

Leading Role ◽

High Commissioner ◽

The United Nations ◽

The Right

For over two decades, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has taken a leading role in promoting human rights globally by building the capacity of people to claim their rights and governments to fulfill their obligations. This chapter examines the extent to which the right to health has evolved in the work of the OHCHR since 1994, drawing on archival records of OHCHR publications and initiatives, as well as interviews with OHCHR staff and external experts on the right to health. Analyzing this history, the chapter then points to factors that have facilitated or inhibited the mainstreaming of the right to health within the OHCHR, including (1) an increasing acceptance of economic and social rights as real human rights, (2) right-to-health champions among the leadership, (3) limited capacity and resources, and (4) challenges in moving beyond conceptualization to implementation of the right to health.

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Economic and Social Rights, Budgets and the Convention on the Rights of the Child

The International Journal of Children s Rights ◽

10.1163/15718182-02102003 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 248-277 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Aoife Nolan

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Social Rights ◽

Child Rights ◽

Rights Of The Child ◽

Budget Analysis ◽

Key Issues ◽

Significant Obstacle ◽

The Right ◽

The Relationship

Recent years have seen an explosion in methodologies for monitoring children’s economic and social rights (ESR). Key examples include the development of indicators, benchmarks, child rights-based budget analysis and child rights impact assessments. The Committee on the Right of the Child has praised such tools in its work and has actively promoted their usage. Troublingly, however, there are serious shortcomings in the Committee’s approach to the ESR standards enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which threaten to impact upon the efficacy of such methodologies. This article argues that the Committee has failed to engage with the substantive obligations imposed by Article 4 and many of the specific ESR guaranteed in the CRC in sufficient depth. As a result, that body has not succeeded in outlining a coherent, comprehensive child rights-specific ESR framework. Using the example of child rights-based budget analysis, the author claims that this omission constitutes a significant obstacle to those seeking to evaluate the extent to which states have met their ESR-related obligations under the CRC. The article thus brings together and addresses key issues that have so far received only very limited critical academic attention, namely, children’s ESR under the CRC, the relationship between budgetary decision-making and the CRC, and child rights-based budget analysis.

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Overcoming Extreme Poverty by Social Protection Floors – Approaches to Closing the Right to Social Security Gap

The Law and Development Review ◽

10.1515/ldr-2017-0014 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Markus Kaltenborn

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Social Security ◽

Development Policy ◽

Social Transformation ◽

Social Protection ◽

Social Rights ◽

Extreme Poverty ◽

The Right ◽

Security Guarantees ◽

Security Gap

AbstractThe 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development contains a very ambitious poverty reduction schedule: According to Sustainable Development Goal 1 extreme poverty shall be completely eradicated within the next 15 years (SDG 1.1), and also other forms of poverty shall be reduced within the same period at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages (SDG 1.2). Governments are requested to “(i)mplement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable” (SDG 1.3). The authors of the Agenda refer to the concept of so-called social protection floors which has been identified as an important instrument in the fight against extreme poverty and therefore has attracted much attention in recent development policy debates. In June 2012 the General Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) had adopted the Social Protection Floors Recommendation. In this document ILO members are urged, as a first step, to establish basic social security guarantees, including access to essential health care and basic income security for all residents of their countries and, as a second step, to systematically extend these basic social security guarantees into more comprehensive strategies. If we look for legal answers to the global challenge of extreme poverty, then social protection law – and in particular the human right to social security – deserves special attention. Based on the research framework which has been presented by Haglund and Stryker in their book Closing the Rights Gap. From Human Rights to Social Transformation (2015) this article will try to analyze which role the legal systems in the Global South will play in implementing SDG 1 at the national level and in closing the “right to social security-gap”. Haglund and Stryker describe, inter alia, two models for social rights realization which represent alternative approaches to the MDG/SDG concept: (a) the so-called multistage spiral model whose main focus lies on the different phases which new norms have to go through when they are implemented in a state’s society, and (b) the “policy legalization model” which highlights the role of litigation in ensuring social rights compliance. Furthermore the article will deal with the responsibility of the international community in this area of development policy.

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The Israeli Unfinished Constitutional Revolution: Has the Time Come for Protecting Economic and Social Rights?

Israel Law Review ◽

10.1017/s0021223700012504 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 37 (2-3) ◽

pp. 299-345 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Yoram Rabin ◽

Yuval Shany

Keyword(s):

Supreme Court ◽

Constitutional Law ◽

Hard Core ◽

Social Rights ◽

Cultural Rights ◽

Basic Law ◽

The Supreme Court ◽

The Status ◽

Interpretive Strategies ◽

The Right

AbstractThis article addresses the constitutional discourse surrounding the status of economic and social rights in Israel. It examines the principal interpretive strategies adopted by the Supreme Court with regard to the 1992 basic laws (in particular, with respect to the right to human dignity) and criticizes the Court's reluctance to apply analogous strategies to incorporate economic and social rights into Israeli constitutional law. Potential explanations for this biased approach are also critically discussed. The ensuing outcome is a constitutional imbalance in Israeli law, which perpetuates the unjustified view that economic and social rights are inherently inferior to their civil and political counterparts, and puts in question Israel's compliance with its obligations under the International Covenant of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. At the same time, encouraging recent Supreme Court decisions, particularly the YATED and Marciano judgments, indicate growing acceptance on the part of the Court of the role of economic and social rights in Israeli constitutional law, and raise hopes for a belated judicial change of heart concerning the need to protect at least a ‘hard core’ of economic and social rights. Still, the article posits that the possibilities of promoting the constitutional status of economic and social rights through case-to-case litigation are limited and calls for the renewal of the legislation procedures of draft Basic Law: Social Rights in the Knesset.

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