8 March 2010 - 12 March 2010

Focus in this course is on the role of socio-economic rights in modern democratic states and the enforcement thereof.

Issues that are covered include the following:

    * Introduction to socio-economic rights
    * The recognition of socio-economic rights at global, regional and national levels
    * The scope and contents of specific rights
    * State reporting obligations on socio-economic rights under international human rights law
    * The role of the South African Human Rights Commission in monitoring the implementation of socio-economic rights
    * The role of budgeting in realising socio-economic rights
    * Litigating socio-economic rights.

Level: professional , post-graduate

Location: Pretoria (South Africa)

Participants: middle and senior level governmental and intergovernmental officials, managers of NGO's, academics and post-graduate students

Tuition, fee, lodging: Tuition: R3000.00 (ZAR) (excludes accommdation). A limited number of scholarships are available.

Contact Information:
Programme Co-ordinator
Good Governance Programme
Centre for Human Rights
Faculty of Law
University of Pretoria
Pretoria 0002
Republic of South Africa
Tel: +27 12 420 4525
Fax: +27 12 362 5125
E-mail: ggp@postino.up.ac.za
Web: http://www.ggp.up.ac.za