Making Equal Rights Real : Taking Effective Action to Overcome Global Challenges.

Cover; MAKING EQUAL RIGHTS REAL; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures and Tables; About the Contributors; Acknowledgments; Achieving Equal Rights: Lessons from Global Efforts; Snapshots of the Current State of the World; Turning the Lens Towards Implementation; The Economic Gains Associated with Equity; Making Equal Rights Real; Fundamentally Social, Not Individual, Approaches; Inclusive Leadership; Engaging All Groups; The Roles of Analysts, Mediators, and Experts; The Relationship Between Changing Values and Changing Practice; What to Do When the Road Is Blocked.

The Role of Monitoring and InformationWorking at National and Global Levels; NOTES; I: CONVENTIONS AND CONSTITUTIONS; 1: Forging Effective International Agreements: Lessons from the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Introduction; The Global Context for Advancing Disability Rights; The CRPD Negotiations as a Site of Advocacy and Rights Realization; The CRPD as an Agent of Change; Making Rights Real through the CRPD Iterative Process; Addressing Challenges That Arise; Conclusion; NOTES.

2: Ensuring Equal Rights in Constitutions: Public Participation in Drafting Economic, Social, and Cultural RightsEarly Experiences in Getting Socio-Economic Rights into Constitutions; The Status of ESCR in Early-Twentieth-Century Constitutions; The Modern Constitution-Making Era; ESCR as Directive Principles; The Eastern European Tradition; A New Era in ESCR; The Continuing Debate on ESCR; Recent 'Southern' Developments; Drafting Effective Rights Provisions for ESCR Protection; A Right to What?; What Must Be Done to Achieve a Right?; The Impact of Popular Input on Legal Drafting.

Nepal and Kenya: Background to Constitution MakingNepal; Kenya; The Nature of Popular Involvement in Kenya and Nepal; Popular Demands for Rights in Nepal and Kenya; Reliance on International Law; The Demands and Response in Nepal; The Demands and Response in Kenya; Of Referendums; Beyond Constitution Making: Court Responses; Implementation; Conclusion; Appendix 1. Constitution Making in Nepal and Kenya: Timelines; NOTES; II: LAWS AND POLICIES; 3: Fulfilling the Promise of Economic Rights: Learning from Labor and Employment Law; I. The Failure of U.S. Labor Law.

II. Responding to the Failure of Traditional Labor LawA. Employment Law as Labor Law; 1. Case Studies; 2. A Systemic Approach: How Law Can Foster Collective Action; B. Subnational Responses to a National Failure; C. Private Ordering; III. Conclusion; NOTES; 4. Promoting Equity in Economic Rights: The Case of Gender and Land Rights; I. Introduction; A. Defining Vulnerability in the Context of Property Rights; II. Land Rights and Post-Conflict Populations; III. Land Rights and Poor Women; IV. Making Equal Rights Real: Legal Empowerment; A. Land Rights Enhancement: Law Reform; Formal Laws.

Customary Law.

Details approaches to implementing equal rights for women in Africa, children in the Middle East and different minorities in Asia and North America.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.

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