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This episode introduces the series, explaining what economic and social rights are, where they come from, and how they fit into international human rights law.

This episode provides a general overview of economic and social rights duties.

This episode focuses on one of the key overarching obligations imposed by economic and social rights: progressive realisation.

This episode addresses one of the most commonly misunderstood obligations imposed by economic and social rights: the duty of states to use the maximum of their available resources to give effect to…

This episode focuses on the duty of states to ensure the satisfaction of minimum essential levels of economic and social rights.

This episode focuses on the presumption under international human rights law against the permissibility of retrogression – or backward steps – in terms of economic and social rights…

This episode outlines work rights (specifically the right to work and the right to just and favourable conditions of work), what they protect, and what they require of governments

This episode outlines the right to education, what it protects, and what it requires of governments.

This episode addresses the connections between economic and social rights, living standards and poverty.

In this episode, we will focus on the ways in which states can be held accountable for their implementation of their economic and social rights duties under international law.

This episode outlines the right to social security, what it protects, and what it requires of governments.

This episode outlines the right to adequate housing, what it protects, and what it requires of governments.

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