National human rights institutions and economic, social and cultural rights

This volume focuses on the role of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in guaranteeing economic, social and cultural rights (ESC rights). It might be in the field of ESC Rights that the added value of NHRIs is most crucial where the gap left by other human rights actors and fora is the most manifest. This volume brings together theoretical and practical views on the cumulative dynamic of two booming phenomena in contemporary human rights protection: the spread of NHRIs and the stepping up of efforts to enforce ERC rights.