Socio-economic Rights, Inequalities and Vulnerability in Times of Crises

Edited by Andrea Broderick, full Professor, UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Peace, Department of International Law and Jennifer Sellin, Assistant Professor, Department of International Law, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

• ContentsForeword xCees FlintermanPreface xiiiList of abbreviations xv1 Introduction to Socio-economic Rights, Inequalities andVulnerability in Times of Crises: Building Back Better 1Andrea Broderick and Jennifer SellinPART I THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS, ANDINTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN LEGALPERSPECTIVES, IN TIMES OF CRISES2 Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic: can humanrights embrace solidarity? 13Dalia Palombo3 Human rights in times of triage: the discourse of theUnited Nations human rights experts during COVID-19 41Gustavo Arosemena4 EU social rights in a (post-)pandemic era: peering throughthe lens of disability and vulnerability 66Andrea Broderick and Jasper KrommendijkPART II SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS IN TIMES OF CRISES5 The right to health: then, now and in the future 96Jennifer Sellin and Brigit Toebes6 The COVID-19 pandemic and access to clean water:challenges and opportunities 121Kasim Balarabe7 Never walk alone: using international cooperation and theright to science to build back better 145Remmy Shawa8 The right to science: another tool to repair genderinequalities in sciences and research 169Yvonne Donders9 Indigenous rights during the pandemic and the concept ofbuilding back better in endemic times 193Vanessa Tünsmeyer10 Conclusion 214Jennifer Sellin and Andrea BroderickIndex 228

‘An inspirational and forward-looking collection of essays in recognition of the timeless work by one of the leading voices in the field of socio-economic rights, and a potent reminder of the value of human rights to foster resilience in present and future crises.’