When NGOs Fulfill State Obligations - How NGO Laws in Africa Can Interfere with Social Rights of Beneficaries

Across parts of Africa, states have been restricting the operations, funding and speech of NGOs. Many have therefore expressed their concern that the cornerstones of a free civil society-the rights to free association and free speech-are under attack. However, another concern that warrants greater attention is whether such restrictive measures might also threaten the social rights of NGOs' beneficiaries. The ICESCR obliges states to take steps progressively towards the full realisation of social rights. How, then, should a state's social rights obligations be understood when NGOs enter the picture? How might those obligations affect a state's freedom to regulate NGOs? This book offers a systematic examination of the ways in which the social rights obligations of states towards beneficiaries can reorganise and refine our understanding of the regulatory relationship between states and NGOs.

Product details

• Authors: Jihan Kahssay
• Publisher: Nomos
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.03.2020
• EAN: 9783848765768
• ISBN: 978-3-8487-6576-8
• No. of pages: 337
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 226 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 498 g
• Series: Studien aus dem Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Sozialrecht; Studien aus dem Max-Planck-Institut für Sozialrecht und Sozialpolitik
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Labour law, social law; Recht, Politik, Civil Society, Human Rights, Rechtsvergleichung, NG-Rabatt, NGO, Africa, Social Policy, social rights, ICESCR, Foreign Aid, Nongovernmental Organizations, Social Law