The right to dignified living conditions and the situation of vulnerability in the decisions of the Inter-American court Derecho a condiciones de existencia digna y situación de vulnerabilidad en la jurisprudencia de la corte InterAmericana
Beloff M, Clérico L (2016)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2016
Journal
Book Volume: 14
Pages Range: 139-178
Journal Issue: 1
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-52002016000100005
Abstract
In this work we argue that the jurisprudential development of the right to dignified life and the subsequent affirmative obligations of the State to generate conditions lie in the argument of material equality. In order to support our thesis, we reconstruct the argumentative strategy that departs from the affirmative nature of the right to life. Later, we reconstruct the strategy for justifying it under ESCR rights. We highlight that neither of them are excluded to determine the content of the right of dignified life. The (in) sufficiency of the conditions of decent living is evaluated under the light of social, cultural, and economic rights: the right to access to water, to food, to health, and to education. Finally, we argue for the benefits of the material equality approach. At the same time, it allows us to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the use of vulnerable groups or situation of vulnerability arguments with regards to the obligation of generating conditions for a decent life.
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APA:
Beloff, M., & Clérico, L. (2016). The right to dignified living conditions and the situation of vulnerability in the decisions of the Inter-American court Derecho a condiciones de existencia digna y situación de vulnerabilidad en la jurisprudencia de la corte InterAmericana. ESTUD CONST , 14(1), 139-178. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-52002016000100005
MLA:
Beloff, Mary, and Laura Clérico. "The right to dignified living conditions and the situation of vulnerability in the decisions of the Inter-American court Derecho a condiciones de existencia digna y situación de vulnerabilidad en la jurisprudencia de la corte InterAmericana." ESTUD CONST 14.1 (2016): 139-178.
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