Constitutionalizing Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

This conversation will explore the various ways in which Economic, Social and Cultural (ESC) rights are (or are not) embedded in national or subnational constitutions. Speakers will share experiences with constitutional drafting as well as thoughts about constitutional construction, and the role of international human rights law in those processes. An overarching focus will be on the impacts of constitutionalizing ESC rights.

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Featuring: 

Katie Boyle
Professor of Human Rights Law and Social Justice at the University of Strathclyde and constitutional lawyer with the Government Legal Service for Scotland.

Denisse Córdova Montes
Acting Associate Director in the Human Rights Clinic at the University of Miami School of Law.

Jacqueline Dugard
Senior Lecturer in the discipline of Human Rights and Political Science at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights and the Department of Political Science, Columbia University.

Domingo Lovera-Parmo
Associate Professor of law at Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago, Chile.

Moderated by:
Martha Davis
University Distinguished Professor of Law; Co-Director, Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy, Northeastern University School of Law

and

Amanda Lyons
Executive Director, Human Rights Center at University of Minnesota Law School.

Co-hosted by:
Northeastern Law’s Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE)
The Human Rights Center at the University of Minnesota Law School