Economic, social and cultural rights

Economic, social and cultural rights are socio-economic human rights; compare with civil and political rights. Economic, social and cultural rights are included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and elaborated upon in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Examples of such rights include the right to food, the right to housing and the right to health.

The theory of three generations of human rights considers this group of rights to be "second-generation rights", and the theory of negative and positive rights considers them to be positive rights.

List of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

• right to an adequate standard of living
• right to education
• right to family life
• right to food
• right to health
• right to housing
• right to participation in cultural life
• right to social security
• right to water

By region

Africa

Among regional human rights instruments the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights is considered to place the most emphasis on economic, social and cultural rights. The South African Bill of Rights, contained in its post-Apartheid constitution, is also notable for its emphasis on economic, social and cultural rights.