Social Rights

Social Rights

In relation to the social rights and constitutional law, David Landau[1] made the following observation: Social rights are the rights of people to achieve their basic human needs. In domestic constitutional orders, common social rights include the right to healthcare (right to health), right to housing, right to food, right to education, right to social security, and right to work. In both international law and domestic constitutional law, these rights are often called ‘second-generation’ rights, to differentiate them from ‘first-generation rights’, which include civil and political rights like the freedom of expression, freedom of religion (freedom of (…)

Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

In relation to the international law practice and economic, social, and cultural rights in this world legal Encyclopedia, please see the following section:

Human Rights

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Food

Note: there is detailed information and resources under these topics during the year 2013, covered by this entry on economic, social, and cultural rights in this law Encyclopedia.

Social Rights

Embracing mainstream international law, this section on social rights explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here.

Social Rights

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See Also

• Civil Liberty
• Civil Right
• Legal Right
• Citizen Freedom
• Political Liberty
• Constitutional Right
• Political Right
• Freedom of Speech

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Further Reading

• Information related to social rights in the Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Law(MPEPIL), Germany, United Kingdom

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Further Reading

• The entry “social rights” in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (currently, the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law, 2009), Oxford University Press

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Notes and References

1. Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law, David Landau, “Social Rights” (2018, Germany, United Kingdom)

See Also

• Right to education
• Right to work
• Right to food
• Right to health
• Right to housing
• Social rights
• Social security

Hierarchical Display of Social rights

Law > Rights and freedoms
Social Questions > Social affairs > Social policy > European social policy > Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers

Social rights

Concept of Social rights

See the dictionary definition of Social rights.

Characteristics of Social rights

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Translation of Social rights

• Spanish: Derechos sociales
• French: Droits sociaux
• German: Soziale Rechte
• Italian: Diritti sociali
• Portuguese: Direitos sociais
• Polish: Prawa socjalne

Thesaurus of Social rights

Law > Rights and freedoms > Social rights
Social Questions > Social affairs > Social policy > European social policy > Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers > Social rights

See also

• Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers

• Right to justice
• Access to the courts
• Detention before trial
• Academic freedom
• Private education
• Public education
• Equal treatment
• Anti-discriminatory measure
• Disabled person
• Women’s rights
• European Employment Strategy
• Migrant worker
• Foreign national
• Sexual minority
• Job access
• Equal pay
• Access to education
• Social Policy Agreement (EU)
• Right to health
• Right to housing
• Homelessness
• Housing need
• Trade union freedom
• Trade union
• Social clause
• Right to information
• Access to information
• Freedom of communication
• Right to education
• Illiteracy
• Access to education
• Right to culture
• Equality before the law

• Economic and social rights
• Social freedom