Linhas de trabalho em direitos econômicos, sociais e culturais: instrumentos e aliados

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyze the different courses of action developed by human rights organizations that work in the field of economic, social and cultural rights. In this vein, from the definition of the principle characteristics of these rights and their structure, we shall first analyze the possibility of claiming them through judicial channels, together with the problems and limitations of judicial protection strategies. Second, we shall address the debate on the role of the courts on matters related to social policies, and examine, from the perspective of human rights organizations, the apparent impasse between strategies of a judicial nature and those of a political nature, and the possible cooperation between the two. Those who subscribe to the thesis that economic, social and cultural rights as demandable rights contain a "defect of origin" believe that the impossibility of claiming them lies in their very nature. The arguments put forward by opponents of the judicial enforcement of economic, social and cultural rights are based on a distinction between the nature of these rights and the nature of civil and political rights.One of the arguments most often used to support this purported distinction between civil and political rights on the one hand, and economic, social and cultural rights on the other, is the presumed character of negative obligations implied by the former class of rights, while economic, social and cultural rights suggest positive obligations that, in the majority of cases, may only be fulfilled by resorting to funds provided by the public treasury.

O direito à educação de crianças e adolescentes: análise da atuação do Tribunal de Justiça de São Paulo (1991-2008)

“…A faceta mais visível dos direitos econômicos, sociais e culturais refere-se às obrigações de fazer, por isso, às vezes são denominados por direitos de prestação (ABRAMOVICH; COURTIS, 2002). Abramovich (2005), de acordo com a proposta de von Hoof, propõe quatro "níveis" de obrigações estatais que caracterizam cada direito: obrigações de respeitar, de proteger, de garantir, de promover o direito:…”