International human rights law has evolved from a system that considered social and economic rights as non-justiciable, to a more unified approach that recognizes the need for adjudication and remedy when socio-economic rights are violated. This paper is the first part of a two-part research...

While poverty is not a ground of discrimination expressly enumerated under Section 15 of the Charter, it is a condition shared by several of the groups specified in that section. The author argues that the Charter's promise of substantive equality will remain meaningless for large numbers of the...

The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recommended, in its 1998 review of Canada's compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, that social and economic rights be recognized and enforceable under the Canadian Charter of Rights...