Applying an International Human Rights Framework to State Budget Allocations: Rights and Resources (Routledge Research in Human Rights Law)

Applying an International Human Rights Framework to State Budget Allocations: Rights and Resources (Routledge 2014, Forthcoming)

Posted: 15 Dec 2013 Last revised: 27 Sep 2014

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Rory O'Connell

Ulster University - Transitional Justice Institute

Aoife Nolan

University of Nottingham - School of Law

Colin Harvey

Queen's University Belfast - School of Law

Mira Dutschke

Queen's University Belfast

Eoin Rooney

Queen's University Belfast

Date Written: December 14, 2013

Abstract

Human rights based budget analysis projects have emerged at a time when the United Nations has asserted the indivisibility of all human rights and attention is increasingly focused on the role of non-judicial bodies in promoting and protecting human rights. This book seeks to develop the human rights framework for such budget analyses, by exploring the international law obligations of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in relation to budgetary processes. The book outlines international experiences and comparative practice in relation to economic and social rights budget analysis and budgeting.

The book sets out an ICESCR-based methodology for analysing budget and resource allocations and focuses on the legal obligation imposed on state parties by article 2(1) of the ICESCR to progressively realise economic and social rights to 'the maximum of available resources'. Taking Northern Ireland as a key case study, the book demonstrates and promotes the use of a ‘rights-based’ approach in budgetary decision-making.

The book will be relevant to a global audience currently considering how to engage in the budget process from a human rights perspective. It will be of interest to students and researchers of international human rights law and public law, as well as economic and social rights advocacy and lobbying groups.

Keywords: human rights, social and economic rights, socio-economic rights

Suggested Citation

O'Connell, Rory and Nolan, Aoife and Harvey, Colin and Dutschke, Mira and Rooney, Eoin, Applying an International Human Rights Framework to State Budget Allocations: Rights and Resources (Routledge Research in Human Rights Law) (December 14, 2013). Applying an International Human Rights Framework to State Budget Allocations: Rights and Resources (Routledge 2014, Forthcoming), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2367847

Rory O'Connell (Contact Author)

Ulster University - Transitional Justice Institute ( email )

Shore Road
Newtownabbey, County Antrim BT37 OQB
Northern Ireland

HOME PAGE: http://www.transitionaljustice.ulster.ac.uk/

Aoife Nolan

University of Nottingham - School of Law ( email )

University Park
Nottingham, NG8 1BB
United Kingdom

Colin Harvey

Queen's University Belfast - School of Law ( email )

School of Law
Belfast BT7 1NN, BT7 1NN
Ireland

Mira Dutschke

Queen's University Belfast ( email )

25 University Square
Belfast, BT7 1NN
Ireland

Eoin Rooney

Queen's University Belfast

25 University Square
Belfast, BT7 1NN
Ireland

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