Know Your Socio-Economic Rights

SUMMARY

This document explains what socio-economic rights are, how they are guaranteed in the South African Constitution and how they will be realised.

CONTENTS:

The Purpose of this Booklet and Types of Rights (File type: pdf; size: 124 KB)
Rights to Education, Food, Health, Land, Water, Environment, Social Security and Housing (File type: pdf; size: 494 KB)
Obligations of the State (File type: pdf; size: 92 KB)
Roles for Different Bodies (File type: pdf; size: 56 KB)
Violation and Remedies (File type: pdf; size: 15 KB)
Definitions of Terms Used, Contact Details and Acknowledgements (File type: pdf; size: 28 KB)
Full Document Download (File type: pdf; size: 774 KB)

The content on this page was last updated on 2 March 2005

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